Helium and deuterium abundances as a test for the time variation of the fine structure constant and the Higgs vacuum expectation value

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Chamoun, N ^a,b   Landau, S J ^a,c,d   Mosquera, M E ^a,d   Vucetich, Hector ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology Syria   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

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EID: 33847686773     PISSN: 09543899     EISSN: 13616471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/34/2/001     Document Type: Article

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