Investigation of the gravitational-potential dependence of the fine-structure constant using atomic dysprosium

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Ferrell, S J ^a   Cingoz A ^a   Lapierre, A ^b   Nguyen, A T ^c   Leefer, N ^a   Budker, D ^a,d   Flambaum, V V ^e,f   Lamoreaux, S K ^g   Torgerson, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TRIUMF   (Canada)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^g Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DYSPROSIUM; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SUN;

ATOMIC DYSPROSIUM; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL; QUARK MASSES;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 36849080823     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.062104     Document Type: Article

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