Possible evidence for a variable fine-structure constant from QSO absorption lines: Motivations, analysis and results

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 327, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1208-1222

  Murphy, M T ^e   Webb, J K ^e   Flambaum, V V ^e   Dzuba, V A ^e   Churchill, C W ^a   Prochaska, J X ^b   Barrow, J D ^c   Wolfe, A M ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Atomic data; Line: profiles; Methods: laboratory; Quasars: absorption lines; Techniques: spectroscopic; Ultraviolet: general

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC PHYSICS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; GALAXIES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ABSORPTION LINES; ABSORPTION SYSTEM; ATOMIC DATA; FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANTS; LINE: PROFILES; METHODS:LABORATORY; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS; TECHNIQUES: SPECTROSCOPIC; ULTRAVIOLET: GENERAL;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0011265881     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04840.x     Document Type: Article

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