Some possibilities for laboratory searches for variations of fundamental constants

Canadian Journal of Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 639-678

  Karshenboim, Savely G ^a,b  

^a D I MENDELEYEV INSTITUTE FOR METROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

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EID: 0001290235     PISSN: 00084204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/p00-045     Document Type: Review

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