Most precise single redshift bound to Δα/α

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 449, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 879-889

  Levshakov, S A ^a   Centurion M ^b   Molaro, P ^b,c   D'Odorico, S ^d   Reimers, D ^e   Quast, R ^e   Pollmann, M ^e  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; IRON; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TELESCOPES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPHS;

ESO VERY LARGE TELESCOPE (VLT); REDSHIFT; SINGLE ION DIFFERENTIAL Α MEASUREMENT (SIDAM); UV-VISUAL ECHELLE SPECTROGRAPH (UVES);

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 33645723161     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053827     Document Type: Article

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