The density, the cosmic microwave background, and the proton-to-electron mass ratio in a cloud at redshift 0.9

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 500, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 725-734

  Henkel, C ^a   Menton, K M ^a   Murphy, M T ^b   Jethava, N ^c   Flambaum, V V ^d   Braatz, J A ^e   Muller, S ^f,g   Ott, J ^e,h   Mao, R Q ⁱ  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^g CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Elementary particles; Galaxies, individual: PKS 1830 211; Galaxies: Abundances; Galaxies: ISM; Gravitational lensing radio lines: galaxies

Indexed keywords

COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUNDS; ELECTRON MASS; EXCITATION TEMPERATURE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GALAXIES: ABUNDANCES; GALAXIES: ISM; GAS DENSITY; GRAVITATIONAL LENSING RADIO LINES: GALAXIES; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUMS; LENS SYSTEMS; MAIN COMPONENT; MOLECULAR SPECIES; OPTICAL DEPTH; PKS 1830-211; POTENTIAL VARIATIONS; RADIAL VELOCITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; RED SHIFT; ROTATIONAL CONSTANTS; ROTATIONAL LINES; ROTATIONAL TRANSITION; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

COSMOLOGY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS; GALAXIES; GAS ABSORPTION; GRAVITATION; HIGH FREQUENCY TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSFER; PROTONS; RADIO WAVES; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

DENSITY OF GASES;

EID: 67649526092     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811475     Document Type: Article

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