A new constraint on cosmological variability of the proton-to-electron mass ratio

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 373-377

  Levshakov, S A ^a,d   Dessauges Zavadsky, M ^b,e   D'Odorico, S ^b   Molaro, P ^c  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Elementary particles; Quasars: absorption lines; Quasars: individual: Q0347 3819

Indexed keywords

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COSMIC TIME; COSMOLOGY OBSERVATIONS; ECHELLE SPECTROGRAPH; ELECTRON MASS; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICAL CONSTANT; MASS RATIO; QUASAR: INDIVIDUAL: Q0347-3819; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; QUASARS: INDIVIDUAL; VERY LARGE TELESCOPE;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 0041846944     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05408.x     Document Type: Article

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