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The argument that dimensionless constants are of the order 1 works well for the theories that have been tested experimentally so far. We don't know the value of
by cft 8y ago
The argument that dimensionless constants are of the order 1 works well for the theories that have been tested experimentally so far. We don't know the value of the cosmological constant. I am not even certain that it is not exactly zero. But it's not dimensionless, it has dimension length^-2, and is usually expressed in the units of Planck's length (currently thought to be 10^-122 I think). If it indeed turns out to be not zero, it is a new fundamental constant, much like the gravitational constant or the speed of light.
I didn't not understand your statement about EH action: the cosmological term there has a dimensionless coefficient of the order 1. Are you talking about some effective action, arising from a string theory model?