Probing the cosmological variation of the fine-structure constant: Results based on VLT-UVES sample

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 417, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 853-871

  Chand, H ^a   Srianand, R ^a   Petitjean, P ^b,c   Aracil, B ^b  

^a INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ASTROPHYSICS; ATOMIC PHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALAXIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COSMOLOGY:OBSERVATIONS; GALAXIES:QUASARS:ABSORPTION LINES;

COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 2442607147     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035701     Document Type: Article

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