Mid- and far-infrared fine-structure-line sensitivities to hypothetical variability of the fine-structure constant

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kozlov, M G ^a   Porsev, S G ^a   Levshakov, S A ^b   Reimers, D ^c   Molaro, P ^d  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GROUND STATE; INFRARED RADIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FAR-INFRARED REGIONS; FINE-STRUCTURE (FS) SUBLEVELS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARIABILITY;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 41549088685     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.032119     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. E. A. Milne, Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A PRLAAZ 1364-5021 158, 324 (1935).
2. P. A. M. Dirac, Nature (London) NATUAS 0028-0836 10.1038/139323a0 139, 323 (1937).
3. J.-P. Uzan, Rev. Mod. Phys. RMPHAT 0034-6861 10.1103/RevModPhys.75.403 75, 403 (2003).
4. E. García-Berro, J. Isern, and Y. A. Kubyshin, Astron. Astrophys. Rev. AASREB 0935-4956 10.1007/s00159-006-0004-8 14, 113 (2007).
5. S. N. Lea, Rep. Prog. Phys. RPPHAG 0034-4885 10.1088/0034-4885/70/9/R01 70, 1473 (2007).
6. V. V. Flambaum and M. G. Kozlov, e-print arXiv:0711.4536.
7. E. Reinhold, R. Buning, U. Hollenstein, A. Ivanchik, P. Petitjean, and W. Ubachs, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.151101 96, 151101 (2006).
8. V. V. Flambaum and M. G. Kozlov, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.240801 98, 240801 (2007).
9. M. T. Murphy, J. K. Webb, and V. V. Flambaum, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. MNRAA4 0035-8711 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06970.x 345, 609 (2003).
10. R. Srianand, H. Chand, P. Petitjean, and B. Aracil, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.121302 92, 121302 (2004).
11. R. Quast, D. Reimers, and S. A. Levshakov, Astron. Astrophys. AAEJAF 0004-6361 10.1051/0004-6361:20040013 415, L7 (2004).
12. S. A. Levshakov, Astron. Astrophys. AAEJAF 0004-6361 10.1051/0004-6361: 20066064 466, 1077 (2007).
13. P. Molaro, D. Reimers, I. I. Agafonova, and S. A. Levshakov, e-print arXiv:astro-ph/07124380.
14. P. Molaro, Astron. Astrophys. (to be published), e-print arXiv:astro-ph/07123345.
15. M. T. Murphy, J. K. Webb, and V. V. Flambaum, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.239001 99, 239001 (2007).
16. R. Srianand, H. Chand, P. Petitjean, and B. Aracil, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.239002 99, 239002 (2007)
17. R. Srianand, H. Chand, P. Petitjean, and B. Aracil, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.029902 100, 029902 (2008).
18. S. A. Levshakov, Lect. Notes Phys. LNPHA4 0075-8450 648, 151 (2004).
19. J. N. Bahcall, C. L. Steinhardt, and D. Schlegel, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/379971 600, 520 (2004).
20. S. A. Levshakov, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 269, 339 (1994). 0035-8711
21. N. Kanekar, C. L. Carilli, G. I. Langston, G. Rocha, F. Combes, R. Subrahmanyan, J. T. Stocke, K. M. Menten, F. H. Briggs, and T. Wiklind, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.261301 95, 261301 (2005).
22. S. A. Levshakov, D. Reimers, M. G. Kozlov, S. G. Porsev, and P. Molaro, Astron. Astrophys. AAEJAF 0004-6361 10.1051/0004-6361:20079116 479, 719 (2008).
23. C. L. Carilli, K. M. Menten, J. T. Stocke, E. Perlman, R. Vermeulen, F. Briggs, A. G. de Bruyn, J. Conway, and C. P. Moore, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5511 85, 5511 (2000).
24. R. Maiolino, Astron. Astrophys. AAEJAF 0004-6361 10.1051/0004-6361: 200500165 440, L51 (2005).
25. A. Omont, Rep. Prog. Phys. RPPHAG 0034-4885 10.1088/0034-4885/70/7/R03 70, 1099 (2007).
26. A. Weiß, C. Henkel, D. Downes, and F. Walter, Astron. Astrophys. AAEJAF 0004-6361 10.1051/0004-6361:20031337 409, L41 (2003).
27. A. Weiß, D. Downes, C. Henkel, and F. Walter, Astron. Astrophys. AAEJAF 0004-6361 10.1051/0004-6361:200400085 429, L25 (2005).
28. J. Pety, Astron. Astrophys. AAEJAF 0004-6361 10.1051/0004-6361:200400096 428, L21 (2004).
29. J. Wagg, D. J. Wilner, R. Neri, D. Downes, and T. Wiklind, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/507677 651, 46 (2006).
30. C. Ceccarelli, D. J. Hollenbach, and A. G. G. M. Tieles, Astrophys. J. 471, 400 (1996). 0004-637X
31. M. Benedettini, S. Pezzutto, L. Spinoglio, P. Saraceno, and A. M. di Giorgio, e-print arXiv:astro-ph/0310086.
32. L. T. Greenberg, P. Dyal, and T. R. Geballe, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/182412 213, L71 (1977).
33. A. F. M. Moorwood, P. Salinari, I. Furniss, R. E. Jennings, and K. J. King, Astron. Astrophys. 90, 304 (1980). 0004-6361
34. S. W. J. Colgan, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/172991 413, 237 (1993).
35. T. R. Geballe, W. Wamsteker, A. C. Danks, J. H. Lacy, and S. C. Beck, Astrophys. J. 247, 130 (1981). 0004-637X
36. J. P. Simpson, S. W. J. Colgan, R. H. Rubin, E. F. Erickson, and M. R. Haas, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/175645 444, 721 (1995).
37. J. P. Simpson, Astrophys. J. 487, 689 (1997). 0004-637X
38. J. P. Simpson, R. H. Rubin, S. W. J. Colgan, E. F. Erickson, and M. R. Haas, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/422028 611, 338 (2004).
39. A. Afflerbach, E. Churchwell, and M. W. Werner, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/303771 478, 190 (1997).
40. Y. Okamoto, Astrophys. J. 584, 368 (2003). 0004-637X
41. M. R. Lerate, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 370, 597 (2006). 0035-8711
42. J. R. Goicoechea, N. J. Rodríguez-Fernández, and J. Cernicharo, Astron. Nachr. ASNAAN 0004-6337 324, 139 (2003).
43. E. T. Polehampton, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 377, 1122 (2007). 0035-8711
44. Y. Okada, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/499801 640, 383 (2006).
45. M. Mizutani, T. Onaka, and H. Shibai, Astron. Astrophys. AAEJAF 0004-6361 10.1051/0004-6361:20041063 423, 579 (2004).
46. T. E. Oberst, Astrophys. J. 652, L125 (2006). 0004-637X
47. R. Genzel and C. J. Cesarsky, Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. ARAAAJ 0066-4146 10.1146/annurev.astro.38.1.761 38, 761 (2000).
48. E. Sturm, Astron. Astrophys. AAEJAF 0004-6361 10.1051/0004-6361:20021043 393, 821 (2002).
49. D. A. Dale, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/504835 646, 161 (2006).
50. R. P. Dudik, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/518685 664, 71 (2007).
51. S. Satyapal, D. Vega, T. Heckman, B. O'Halloran, and R. Dudik, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/519995 663, L9 (2007).
52. V. Gorjian, K. Cleary, M. W. Werner, and C. R. Lawrence, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/511975 655, L73 (2007).
53. V. D'Odorico, Astron. Astrophys. AAEJAF 0004-6361 10.1051/0004-6361: 20077159 470, 523 (2007).
54. R. Quast, D. Reimers, and R. Baade, Astron. Astrophys. 477, 443 (2008). 0004-6361
55. R. Thompson, Astron. Lett. 16, 3 (1975). 1063-7737
56. B. E. J. Pagel, Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A PRLAAZ 1364-5021 179, 81P (1977).
57. D. A. Varshalovich and S. A. Levshakov, JETP Lett. 58, 237 (1993). 0021-3640
58. A. Y. Potekhin, Astrophys. J. ASJOAB 0004-637X 10.1086/306211 505, 523 (1998).
59. V. V. Meshkov, A. V. Stolyarov, A. V. Ivanchik, and D. A. Varshalovich, JETP Lett. JTPLA2 0021-3640 10.1134/S0021364006080017 83, 303 (2006).
60. V. A. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum, M. G. Kozlov, and M. Marchenko, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.022501 66, 022501 (2002).
61. S. G. Porsev, K. V. Koshelev, I. I. Tupitsyn, M. G. Kozlov, D. Reimers, and S. A. Levshakov, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.052507 76, 052507 (2007).
62. V. A. Dzuba and V. V. Flambaum, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.012514 77, 012514 (2008).
63. V. A. Dzuba and V. V. Flambaum, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.052514 72, 052514 (2005).
64. I. I. Sobelman, Atomic Spectra and Radiative Transitions (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1979).
65. NIST Atomic Spectra Database, http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/ASD/ index.html
66. J. C. Berengut, V. V. Flambaum, and M. G. Kozlov, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.044501 72, 044501 (2005).
67. J. C. Berengut, V. V. Flambaum, and M. G. Kozlov, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.012504 73, 012504 (2006).
68. S. A. Levshakov, Astron. Astrophys. AAEJAF 0004-6361 10.1051/0004-6361: 20053827 449, 879 (2006).
69. P. Molaro, M. T. Murphy, and S. A. Levshakov, The Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes, edited by, P. A. Whitelock, M. Dennefeld, and, B. Leibundgut, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006), p. 198.
70. P. Molaro, e-print arXiv:astro-ph/07124390.