Fine structure constant variation from a late phase transition

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 565, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 169-175

  Chacko, Z ^a,b   Grojean, C ^c   Perelstein, M ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; COSMOS; ELECTRIC FIELD; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; VACUUM;

EID: 0038606433     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00766-4     Document Type: Article

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