Does the Dimensionless Quantity from These Constants Have Physical Meaning?

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Question: Does the dimensionless quantity derived from the constants below have any physical meaning?

6.6524585580E-29 = Thomson cross section in SI units
2.1001941382E-16 = neutron Compton wavelength / 2pi inSI units
1508.215132 = (Thomson cross section) * (neutron Compton wavelength / 2pi)^-2

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Can you argue why it should have a meaning?
 
No......
 
Maybe because:
\frac{55+150 \pi+1867 \pi^2}{4 \pi} = 1508.215132...

;)
 
Now I get it. Do you have software that does that for you?
 
The Thomson cross section (= 8 pi r02/3 = 0.66 barns) is the low energy limit of the total Compton cross section (photon scattering on free electrons). r0 is the classical electron radius (2.828 fermi).
 
The dimensionless quantity above is equal to \frac{8\pi}{3} (\alpha \frac{m_n}{m_e} )^2.
 
Thank you all for your time and the gift of your knowledge.

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Krakers
 
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