A new approach for testing variations of fundamental constants over cosmic epochs using FIR fine-structure lines

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 479, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 719-723

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: quasars: absorption lines; Line: profiles

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE RESEARCH;

ABSORPTION LINES; FINE-STRUCTURE LINES; QUASARS; REDSHIFTS;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 41549118998     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20079116     Document Type: Article

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