Direct test of the constancy of fundamental nuclear constants
@article{Shlyakhter1976DirectTO,
title={Direct test of the constancy of fundamental nuclear constants},
author={Alexander I. Shlyakhter},
journal={Nature},
year={1976},
volume={264},
pages={340-340}
}THE possibility that fundamental nuclear constants may vary slowly while the Universe expands has been discussed by several authors1–5. I try here to show that the well known resonance properties of the ‘heavy nucleus plus slow neutron’ system make it a sensitive ‘receiver’, sharply tuned to the current values of nuclear constants.
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