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Dirac's cosmological coincidence: An explanation

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In a previous paper, the author suggested that the universe could have been homogenized when the particle horizon was smaller than the Compton wavelength of the pion. This hypothesis also explains in a very natural manner the curious coincidence, noticed by Dirac in 1937, between atomic and cosmological constants.

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  • Clutton-Brock, M.: 1974,Astrophys. Space Sci., in press.

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  1. M. Clutton-Brock

    Present address: CRESS, York University, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

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  1. School of Physics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England

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Clutton-Brock, M. Dirac's cosmological coincidence: An explanation. Astrophys Space Sci 30, L1–L3 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00645769

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