The variation of the electromagnetic coupling and quintessence

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 674, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 146-151

  Bento, M C ^a   Gonzalez Felipe R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fine structure constant; Quintessence; Variation of fundamental constants

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149109273     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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