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hierarchy problem problem In the context of grand unified theories, the hierarchy problem is our inability to understand theoretically why the energy scale at which the unification becomes apparent, about 10¹⁶ GeV (billion electron volts), is so much higher than other energy scales of relevance to particle physics, such as the mass/energy of a proton, which is only 1 GeV.

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hierarchy problem	problem		In the context of grand unified theories, the hierarchy problem is our inability to understand theoretically why the energy scale at which the unification becomes apparent, about 10¹⁶ GeV (billion electron volts), is so much higher than other energy scales of relevance to particle physics, such as the mass/energy of a proton, which is only 1 GeV.

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