Limit on the present temporal variation of the fine structure constant

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Peik, E ^a   Lipphardt, B ^a   Schnatz, H ^a   Schneider, T ^a   Tamm, Chr ^a   Karshenboim, S G ^b,c  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b D I MENDELEYEV INSTITUTE FOR METROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CERIUM; MICROWAVES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR REACTORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COUPLING CONSTANTS; FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANT; OPTICAL TRANSITION FREQUENCY; QUASARS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 8844259879     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.170801     Document Type: Article

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