The Hierarchy Problem and the Safety in Colliders Physics
Abstract
Description
The Standard Model correctly describes all interactions at (and below) the electroweak scale. However it does not explain the peculiar pattern of quark, lepton and neutrino masses. Also charge quantization is not understood. These are well known motivations to go beyond the Standard Model and to build a Grand Unified Theory. This extension has several good predictions but the proton lifetime is huge compared to similar weak decays. This hierarchy problem suggests two possible extensions of the standard quantum field theory: a non linear version of the Schroedinger functional equation and Third Quantization. We will make a comment on the safety of collider physics in the context of the non linear extension of QFT.
alk given at ``Les Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee d' Aoste'', La Thuile, March (2008). 11 pages, 1 figure
alk given at ``Les Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee d' Aoste'', La Thuile, March (2008). 11 pages, 1 figure