Publication Date:
2013-07-04
Description:
Author(s): J. C. Berengut, V. V. Flambaum, A. Ong, J. K. Webb, John D. Barrow, M. A. Barstow, S. P. Preval, and J. B. Holberg We propose a new probe of the dependence of the fine-structure constant α on a strong gravitational field using metal lines in the spectra of white-dwarf stars. Comparison of laboratory spectra with far-UV astronomical spectra from the white-dwarf star G191-B2B recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 010801] Published Wed Jul 03, 2013
Keywords:
General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc.
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics
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