Variation of fundamental constants as revealed by molecules: Astrophysical observations and laboratory experiments

Cold Molecules: Theory, Experiment, Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 597-626

  Flambaum, Victor V ^a   Kozlov, Mikhail G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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