Destabilizing Divergences in Supergravity-Coupled Supersymmetric Theories
Jonathan Bagger, Erich Poppitz
TL;DR
The minimal supersymmetric standard model is free from power-law divergences that destabilize the weak-scale hierarchy.
Abstract
Nonrenormalizable couplings in supergravity-coupled supersymmetric theories can give rise to power-law divergences that destabilize the weak-scale hierarchy. For the case of the standard-model gauge group, the problem can arise in theories with \321 gauge-singlet chiral superfields. The minimal supersymmetric standard model is free from such destabilizing divergences.