Possible evidence for a variable fine-structure constant from QSO absorption lines: Systematic errors

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 327, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1223-1236

  Murphy, M T ^a   Webb, J K ^a   Flambaum, V V ^a   Churchill, C W ^b   Prochaska, J X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic data; Instrumentation: spectrographs; Line: profiles; Methods: data analysis; Quasars: absorption lines; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; GALAXIES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION LINES; ATOMIC DATA; FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANTS; INSTRUMENTATION:SPECTROGRAPHS; LINE: PROFILES; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; SPECTRA'S; SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS; TECHNIQUES: SPECTROSCOPIC;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

EID: 0000398818     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04841.x     Document Type: Article

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