Constraints on the time variation of the fine structure constant by the 5-year WMAP data

Progress of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1207-1215

  Nakashima, Masahiro ^a,b   Nagata, Ryo ^b   Yokoyama, JuN'Ichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 63049128137     PISSN: 0033068X     EISSN: 13474081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/PTP.120.1207     Document Type: Article

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