  We investigate the physical implications of formulating the electroweak (EW)
part of the Standard Model (SM) in terms of a superconnection involving the
supergroup SU(2/1). In particular, we relate the observed Higgs mass to new
physics at around 4 TeV. The ultraviolet incompleteness of the superconnection
approach points to its emergent nature. The new physics beyond the SM is
associated with the emergent supergroup SU(2/2), which is natural from the
point of view of the Pati-Salam model. Given that the Pati-Salam group is
robust in certain constructions of string vacua, these results suggest a deeper
connection between low energy (4 TeV) and high energy (Planck scale) physics
via the violation of decoupling in the Higgs sector.
