Use this tag for questions beyond the standard laws of physics (General Relativity and the Standard Model) if a more specific tag, like string-theory, loop-quantum-gravity, supersymmetry, etc. do not apply.
Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics has often been criticised as "speculative", but it is generally accepted that the Standard Model cannot be a theory-of-everything as it does not incorporate gravity, etc. Other reasons why BSM physics is required include:
- The Standard Model is perturbatively done.
- The Standard Model has a large number of free parameters.
- The Standard Model is a man-made theory, which means it was constructed to match experimental data. It has thus, little predictive power compared to a theory-of-everything.
- The Standard Model does not describe gravity.