Proposed test of the time independence of the fundamental constants α and me/mp using monolithic resonators

Physical Review D

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Braxmaier, C ^a   Pradl, O ^a   Muller H ^a   Peters, A ^a   Mlynek, J ^a,d   Loriette, V ^b   Schiller, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0035881562     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.64.042001     Document Type: Article

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