The time variation of the fine structure constant: a statistical analysis of astronomical data

2008/06/30 by Susana J. Landau, Claudio Simeone, C. Simeone
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Computer science #Consistency (knowledge bases) #Constant (computer programming) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Fine-structure constant #Geometry #Mathematics #Physics #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Statistical analysis #Statistical physics #Statistics #Variation (astronomy) #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20079125

published as Astron.Astrophys.487:857-863,2008 · 9 pages, 1 figure, replaced to match version to be published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

openalex publication_date 2008/07/01 · arxiv created 2008/08/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We analyze different data of the variation of the fine structure constant obtained with different methods to check their consistency.

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