Numbers expressed by a ratio of square roots

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Let's $\mathbb{S}$ the set of numbers in $\mathbb{R}$ that can be expressed by :

$$\frac{\sqrt{a}}{\sqrt{b}} \: \text{or}\: -\frac{\sqrt{a}}{\sqrt{b}}$$

Where $a$ and $b$ are integers.

What numbers fall in this category ?

For example for $n_1$ in $\mathbb{N}$ :

$$n=\frac{\sqrt{n^2}}{1}$$

for $n_2 < 0$ in $\mathbb{Z}$ :

$$n=-\frac{\sqrt{n^2}}{1}$$

for $\frac{p}{q} $ in $\mathbb{Q}$ :

$$\frac{p}{q} = \frac{\sqrt{p^2}}{\sqrt{q^2}}$$

for $\frac{p}{q} \lt 0$ in $\mathbb{Q}$ :

$$\frac{p}{q} = -\frac{\sqrt{p^2}}{\sqrt{q^2}}$$

But what other combinations of addition, multiplication and radicals, can be expressed as this ?

For example is the golden ratio in $\mathbb{S}$ ?