Universal constants, standard models and fundamental metrology
Abstract
Taking into account four universal constants, namely the Planck's constant $h$, the velocity of light $c$, the constant of gravitation $G$ and the Boltzmann's constant $k$ leads to structuring theoretical physics in terms of three theories each taking into account a pair of constants: the quantum theory of fields ($h$ and $c$), the general theory of relativity ($c$ and $G$) and quantum statistics ($h$ and $k$). These three theories are not yet unified but, together, they underlie the standard models that allow a satisfactory phenomenological description of all experimental or observational data, in particle physics and in cosmology and they provide, through the modern interpretation of quantum physics, fundamental metrology with a reliable theoretical basis.
- Publication:
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European Physical Journal Special Topics
- Pub Date:
- June 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1140/epjst/e2009-01038-2
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0905.0975
- Bibcode:
- 2009EPJST.172....5C
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- Eur.Phys.J.ST.172:5-24,2009