Constraints on the variation of the fine structure constant from big bang nucleosynthesis

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Bergstrom L ^a   Iguri, S ^a   Rubinstein, H ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 17044390975     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.60.045005     Document Type: Article

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