Weak scale as a trigger

With the goal of finding a new perspective on the hierarchy problem, the authors focus on local operators whose vacuum expectation value is sensitive to the Higgs boson mass (as opposed to UV physics). Using the QCD theta term in the Standard Model, or a special two-Higgs doublet model, they propose an ``IR landscape'' which could tie the weak scale to the observed cosmological constant via these triggers. The model also presents interesting ultra-light dark matter candidates.