Precision Optical Measurements and Fundamental Physical Constants

2002/01/25 by Savely G. Karshenboim
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.atom-ph

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published as In "Laser Physics at the Limits", ed. by H. Figger, D. Meschede and C. Zimmermann, (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2001), pp. 165-176

arxiv created 2002/01/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

A brief overview is given on precision determinations of values of the fundamental physical constants and the search for their variation with time by means of precision spectroscopy in the optical domain.

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