Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 031301 (2007) [4 pages]Seesaw Mechanism for Scalar Fields as Possible Basis for Dark EnergyReceived 12 March 2007; published 20 July 2007 We propose a novel mechanism for dark energy, based on an extended seesaw for scalar fields, which does not require any new physics at energies below the TeV scale. A very light quintessence mass is usually considered to be technically unnatural, unless it is protected by some symmetry broken at the new very light scale. We propose that one can use an extended seesaw mechanism to construct technically natural models for very light fields, protected by supersymmetry softly broken above a TeV. © 2007 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.031301
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.031301
PACS:
95.36.+x, 98.80.Cq
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