Possible variations of the fine structure constant α and their metrological significance

Metrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Bronnikov, K A ^a   Kononogov, S A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GRAVITATION AND FUNDAMENTAL METROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

COSMOLOGICAL TIME SCALE; POSSIBLE VARIATIONS; STRUCTURE CONSTANT;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 33749436270     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/43/5/R01     Document Type: Article

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