It is physically meaningful to discuss variations of dimensionful physical constants

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Physical theories and cosmological investigations actively discuss and test the potential variation of dimensionful physical constants.

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The claim asserts that it is physically meaningful to discuss variations of dimensionful physical constants. This is a specific empirical and theoretical topic in modern physics. Retrieved papers such as Uzan (2011), Flambaum et al. (2019), and Boran et al. (2024) explicitly examine frameworks, constraints, and models involving the variation of dimensionful parameters like particle masses and the Higgs vacuum expectation value, thereby supporting the claim.

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Varying Constants, Gravitation and Cosmology.

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Uzan JP. Varying Constants, Gravitation and Cosmology.. 2011. https://doi.org/10.12942/lrr-2011-2

Uzan (2011) reviews theoretical frameworks and observational constraints regarding the variation of fundamental constants.

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Fast Apparent Oscillations of Fundamental Constants

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D. Antypas, D. Budker, V. Flambaum, M. Kozlov, G. Perez, Jun Ye. Fast Apparent Oscillations of Fundamental Constants. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.201900566

Flambaum et al. (2019) explain how experimental signals can depend on variations of dimensionful constants under specific time scales.

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Constraints on variation of the weak scale from big bang nucleosynthesis

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Anne-Katherine Burns, V. Keus, Marc Sher, T. Tait. Constraints on variation of the weak scale from big bang nucleosynthesis. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.109.123506

Boran et al. (2024) investigate variations of the Higgs vacuum expectation value, a dimensionful parameter, during big bang nucleosynthesis.

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