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Planck length

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cosmology and string theory

In cosmology: Superunification and the Planck era
The combination, called the Planck length (Gh/c³)^1/2, equals roughly 10⁻³³ cm, far smaller than the distances to which elementary particles can be probed in particle accelerators on Earth.
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