Apr 2007 - Sept 2008

Quantifying Fine Tuning

by Peter Athron (Glasgow)

Europe/London
OC218

OC218

Description
The solution to fine tuning is one of the principal motivations for physics beyond the standard model. However constraints on the parameter space of such models suggest that they may also require fine tuning (although to a much lesser extent). To compare this tuning between such models it is essential that we have a reliable, quantitative measure of tuning. We review the measures of tuning used in the literature and propose an alternative measure. We apply this measure to several toy models and the MSSM with some intriguing results.