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A partial solution to the Higgs mass hierarchy problem is developed using the slow flow of coupling constants near a conformal fixed point. Under the addition of a small number of carefully chosen new matter fields, we can expect the Higgs mass to remain small and protected without UV divergences.
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Colwell, K.M.M. (2017). Little Conformal Symmetry. In: Dualities, Helicity Amplitudes, and Little Conformal Symmetry. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67392-9_5
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