Astronomical Constraints on the Cosmic Evolution of the Fine Structure Constant and Possible Quantum Dimensions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 26, 2000, Pages 5511-5514

  Carilli, C L ^a   Menten, K M ^b   Stocke, J T ^c   Perlman, E ^d   Vermeulen, R ^e   Briggs, F ^f   de Bruyn, A G ^e,f   Conway, J ^g   Moore, C P ^h  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d STScI   (United States)

^e ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^h SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDROGEN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULES; OSCILLATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTRONOMICAL CONSTRAINTS; ASTRONOMICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM; COSMIC NUCLEO SYNTHESIS; INTERSTELLAR MOLECULES; LOW ENERGY THEORY OF GRAVITY; STRING THEORY; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0034507238     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5511     Document Type: Article

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