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Scaling Mount Planck II: Base Camp

Author(s) -

Frank Wilczek

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

physics today

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594

H-Index - 112

eISSN - 1945-0699

pISSN - 0031-9228

DOI - 10.1063/1.1428423

Subject(s) - scaling , mount , physics , planck , base (topology) , astronomy , computer science , mathematics , geometry , mathematical analysis , operating system

As I explained in an earlier column in Physics Today (Physics Today, June 2001, page 12 ), if we believe that gravity will be a primary element within a unified theory of fundamental physics, then the classic question Why is gravity so weak? is much better posed in the form, Why are protons so light? And since we have achieved, on the basis of modern quantum chromodynamics (QCD), a detailed and powerful understanding of how the mass of the proton arises, I was able to give a detailed and powerful answer to this rephrased question. What I didn't do was present any serious evidence that my answer is the same as Nature's. *

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