Probing variations in fundamental constants with radio and optical quasar absorption-line observations

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 634-646

  Tzanavaris, P ^a,d   Murphy, M T ^b   Webb, J K ^a   Flambaum, V V ^a,c   Curran, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atomic processes; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; GALAXIES; HYDROGEN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

ABSORPTION SYSTEM; ATOMIC PROCESS; FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS; HIGH-REDSHIFT; INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; QUASAR ABSORPTION SPECTRA; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; RADIO AND OPTICAL; RED SHIFT;

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EID: 33846144158     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11178.x     Document Type: Article

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