Trialogue on the number of fundamental constants
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The values of combinations of constants do not depend on the way they are measured or on the definition of the units.
“The values of these combinations of constants does not depend on the way they are measured (Cook 1957;Duff 2002;Rich 2003;Ellis and Uzan 2005), on the definition of the units etc.”
From Fundamental constants: from measurement to the universe, a window on gravitation and cosmology (2025) · cites this paper as Duff 2002
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- Authors
- Duff, M. J., Okun, L. B., & Veneziano, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (RU)
- Université Paris-Sud (FR)
- Venue
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Published
- 2002-03-09
- Volume
- 2002
- Issue
- 03
- Pages
- 023-023
- ISSN
- 1029-8479 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2144202032
- Cited by
- 248
- References
- 31
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- FWCI
- 3.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of High Energy Physics (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
- Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
- Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- CERN
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Keywords
- fundamental physical constants, superstring theory, philosophy of physics
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