Quantum corrections to broken n=8 supergravity

Abstract

The discovery of the Higgs boson and the non-discovery (so far) of additional particles at the TeV scale underline our poor understanding of the hierarchy problems in the physics of the fundamental interactions. Loosely motivated by this consideration, I review some recent results on the classical and quantum stability of Minkowski vacua in spontaneously broken N = 8 supergravity.