Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the Universe

Re:Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the U... by vlovich123 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @04:41PM (#25282023)

It's in the article, no?

> The constant is everywhere because it characterizes the strength of the electromagnetic force affecting charged particles such as electrons and protons

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Re:Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the U... by bryanrasmussen on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @04:48PM (#25282114)

well for example when it says " Physicists have argued that if it were something like 1/138, stars would not be able to create carbon, and life as we know it wouldn’t exist."

I might like to read more conjecture as to what would exist if it were 1/138

and so forth.

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