Selection of ThAr lines for wavelength calibration of echelle spectra and implications for variations in the fine-structure constant

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 221-230

  Murphy, M T ^a   Tzanavaris, P ^b,c   Webb, J K ^b   Lovis, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atlases; Atomic data; Line: identification; Quasars: absorption lines; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; CALIBRATION; GALAXIES; LABORATORIES; RANDOM ERRORS; SPECTROGRAPHS;

ATLAS; ATOMIC DATA; ECHELLE; ECHELLE SPECTROGRAPH; FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANTS; LINE:IDENTIFICATION; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; SPECTRA'S; TECHNIQUES: SPECTROSCOPIC; WAVELENGTH CALIBRATION;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

EID: 34249672838     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11768.x     Document Type: Article

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