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An Alternative to the Variation of the Fine Structure Constant

2003/01/06 by Mario Everaldo de Souza, de Souza, Mario Everaldo
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #astro-ph #hep-ex #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0301085

04 pages, Latex

arxiv created 2003/01/06 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

It is considered that quasars evolve into normal galaxies by means of expansion of matter. The order of magnitude of the expansion velocity can be estimated. The Doppler shift caused by such expansion explains the supposed variation of the fine structure constant. This variation has been based on observations of absorption lines of gas clouds seen against background quasars. These ideas maintain the constancy of the fine structure constant.

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