Strong limit on a variable proton-to-electron mass ratio from molecules in the distant universe

Science

Volumn 320, Issue 5883, 2008, Pages 1611-1613

  Murphy, Michael T ^a   Flambaum, Victor V ^b   Muller, Sébastien ^c   Henkel, Christian ^d  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN CYANIDE; PROTON; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

AMMONIA; ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRON; MASS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COSMOS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 46449100604     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1156352     Document Type: Article

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