# Revision of VLT/UVES constraints on a varying fine-structure constant

@article{Murphy2008RevisionOV,
title={Revision of VLT/UVES constraints on a varying fine-structure constant},
author={Michael Murphy and John K Webb and Victor V. Flambaum Swinburne University of Technology and Melbourne. and Australia. and Institute of Radio Astronomy and University of Cambridge and UK. and University of New South Wales and Sydney},
journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
year={2008},
volume={384},
pages={1053-1062}
}
• M. Murphy, +7 authors Sydney
• Published 2008
• Physics
• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
We critically review the current null results on a varying fine-structure constant, a, derived from Very Large Telescope (VLT)/Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) quasar absorption spectra, focusing primarily on the many-multiplet analysis of 23 absorbers from which Chand et al. reported a weighted mean relative variation of Aa/a = (-0.06 ± 0.06) x 10 -5 . Our analysis of the same reduced data, using the same fits to the absorption profiles, yields very different individual… Expand

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