Further evidence for a variable fine-structure constant from Keck/HIRES QSO absorption spectra

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 345, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 609-638

  Murphy, M T ^a,b   Webb, J K ^b   Flambaum, V V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; BLENDING; SPECTROGRAPHS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ABSORPTION SYSTEM; ATOMIC DATA; FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANTS; LINE: PROFILES; METHODS:LABORATORY; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; QUASI-STELLAR OBJECTS; SPECTRA'S; TECHNIQUES: SPECTROSCOPIC; ULTRAVIOLET: GENERAL;

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EID: 0142157172     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06970.x     Document Type: Article

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