Precision atomic spectroscopy for improved limits on variation of the fine structure constant and local position invariance

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Fortier, T M ^a,b   Ashby, N ^b   Bergquist, J C ^b   Delaney, M J ^b   Diddams, S A ^b   Heavner, T P ^b   Hollberg, L ^b   Itano, W M ^b   Jefferts, S R ^b   Kim, K ^b   Levi, F ^b   Lorini, L ^b   Oskay, W H ^b   Parker, T E ^b   Shirley, J ^b   Stalnaker, J E ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GRAVITATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SOLAR ENERGY;

FREQUENCY RATIO; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL; LOCAL POSITION INVARIANCE;

ATOMIC CLOCKS;

EID: 33847049528     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.070801     Document Type: Article

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