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Lepton Creation and the Dirac Relationship between Fundamental Constants

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CAVALLO1 has proposed an interpretation of the large number ratios between some of the fundamental constants occurring in physics and cosmology, in terms of rotating cosmological models. The purpose of this communication is to suggest another interpretation of these large dimensionless numbers in terms of lepton creation.

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NARLIKAR, J. Lepton Creation and the Dirac Relationship between Fundamental Constants. Nature 247, 99–100 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247099a0

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