Search for a possible variation of the fine structure constant

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 159-182

  Karshenboim, Savely G ^a,b  

^a D I MENDELEYEV INSTITUTE FOR METROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fine structure constant; Gravitational constant; Quantum electrodynamics; Violation of Lorentz invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644474877     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-005-0215-8     Document Type: Article

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