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A characteristic mass that we term the Thomson mass emerges from a very simple toy universe. The main postulate in deriving this mass is that the universe be self-shielding, that is possessing an optical depth of unity, for interactions between the charged Thomson particles by Thomson scattering.
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Shaw, G.E. On an interesting linkage between astrophysical and atomic variables in physics. Nuov Cim B 109, 1119–1122 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02723235
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