WMAP constraints on varying α and the promise of reionization

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 585, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 29-34

  Martins, C J A P ^a,b,c   Melchiorri, A ^d   Rocha, G ^a,e   Trotta, R ^f   Avelino, P P ^g   Viana, P T P ^a,g  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

04.50.+h; 95.35.+d; 98.70.Vc; 98.80. k; Cosmic microwave background; Cosmology; Fine structure constant; Reionization

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOS; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR MODEL;

EID: 3142765523     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.11.080     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Avelino P.P., et al. Phys. Rev. D. 64:2001;103505.
2. Avelino P.P., Martins C.J.A.P., Rocha G., Viana P. Phys. Rev. D. 62:2000;123508.
3. Barrow J.D., Sandvik H.B., Magueijo J. Phys. Rev. D. 65:2002;063504.
4. Battye R.A., Crittenden R., Weller J. Phys. Rev. D. 63:2001;043505.
5. C.L. Bennett, et al., First year Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (WMAP) observations: Preliminary maps and basic results, 2003
6. Ciardi B., Ferrara A., White S.D.M. Early Reionization by the First Galaxies. 2003.
7. Damour T., Nordtvedt K. Phys. Rev. D. 48:1993;3436.
8. Damour T. Astrophys. Space Sci. 283:2003;445.
9. Hannestad S. Phys. Rev. D. 60:1999;023515.
10. G. Hinshaw, et al., First year Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (WMAP) observations: Angular power spectrum, 2003
11. Ivanchik A., Petitjean P., Rodriguez E., Varshalovich D. Astrophys. Space Sci. 283:2003;583.
12. Kaplinghat M., Scherrer R.J., Turner M.S. Phys. Rev. D. 60:1999;023516.
13. A. Kogut, et al., Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (WMAP) first year observations: The polarization, 2003
14. Marion H., et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 90:2003;150801.
15. Martins C.J.A.P., et al. Phys. Rev. D. 66:2002;023505.
16. Martins C.J.A.P. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London A. 360:2002;2681.
17. Polchinski J. String Theory. 1998;Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK.
18. G. Rocha, et al., Measuring α in the early universe iii: CMB polarization, reionization and the fisher matrix analysis, 2003. Preprint DAMTP-2002-53, in press
19. Santiago D.I., Kalligas D., Wagoner R.V. Phys. Rev. D. 58:1998;124005.
20. J.-P. Uzan, The fundamental constants and their variation: Observational status and theoretical motivations, 2002
21. L. Verde, et al., First year Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (WMAP) observations: Parameter estimation methodology, 2003
22. Webb J.K., et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 87:2001;091301.
23. Webb J.K., Murphy M.T., Flambaum V.V., Curran S.J. Astrophys. J. Suppl. 283:2003;565.
24. Will C.M. Living Rev. Relativ. 4:2001;4.