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A model for the early universe and the connection between gravitation and the quantum nature of matter

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A model for the early universe is proposed which, permits one to understand the physical nature of the symmetry-breaking transition in the evolution of matter from a single high-density form dominated by gravity to distinct hadrons and leptons. It leads to a simple relation between the gravitational constantG and the constants governing quantum phenomena as reflected in Dirac’s large-number hypothesis, but without a time variation ofG or any of the atomic constants.

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Sternglass, E.J. A model for the early universe and the connection between gravitation and the quantum nature of matter. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 41, 203–208 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02747275

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