Possible constraints on the time variation of the fine structure constant from cosmic microwave background data

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Hannestad, Steen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 16444380796     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.60.023515     Document Type: Article

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