A stringent limit on a drifting proton-to-electron mass ratio from alcohol in the early universe

Science

Volumn 339, Issue 6115, 2013, Pages 46-48

  Bagdonaite, Julija ^a   Jansen, Paul ^a   Henkel, Christian ^b,c   Bethlem, Hendrick L ^a   Menten, Karl M ^b   Ubachs, Wim ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

COSMOLOGY; ELECTRON; METHANOL; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COSMOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TO ELECTRON MASS RATIO; QUANTUM MECHANICS; WEIGHT, MASS AND SIZE;

EID: 84871921397     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1224898     Document Type: Article

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