Probing the cosmological variation of the fine - structure constant: Results based on VLT - UVES sample
@article{Chand2004ProbingTC,
title={Probing the cosmological variation of the fine - structure constant: Results based on VLT - UVES sample},
author={H. Chand and R. Srianand and P. Petitjean and B. Aracil},
journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics},
year={2004},
volume={417},
pages={853-871}
}Development of fundamental physics relies on the constancy of various fundamental quantities such as the fine- structure constant. Detecting or constraining the possible time variations of these fundamental physical quantities is an im- portant step toward a complete understanding of basic physics. High-quality absorption lines seen in the spectra of distant QSOs allow one to probe time variations of several of these quantities. Here we present the results from a detailed many- multiplet… CONTINUE READING
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