Enhanced sensitivity to the time variation of the fine-structure constant and mp/me in diatomic molecules

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Flambaum, V V ^a,b   Kozlov, M G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CHLORINE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

DIATOMIC MOLECULES; FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANTS; SHIFT MEASUREMENTS; TIME VARIATION;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 35148885602     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.150801     Document Type: Article

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