A Model of Varying Fine Structure Constant and Varying Speed of Light
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
The recent evidence for a cosmological evolution of the fine structure constant \alpha=e^2/\hbar c found from an analysis of absorption systems in the spectra of distant quasars, is modelled by a cosmological scenario in which it is assumed that only the speed of light varies. The model fits the spectral line data and can also lead to a solution of the initial value problems in cosmology.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0109350,
title = {A Model of Varying Fine Structure Constant and Varying Speed of Light},
author = {J. W. Moffat},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0109350},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, 1 figure, Latex file. Minor changes in notation. References added