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A stringent constraint on the fractional change of proton g-factor

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2026-02-16 v1

Abstract

We report a constraint on the cosmological variation of the proton g-factor, gpg_p. By comparing the measured redshifts between \mbox{H\,{\sc i}} 21 cm and OH 18 cm lines observed with the newly commissioned Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) toward PKS 1413+135 at zz = 0.24671, we obtain Δgp/gp=(4.3±2.5)×105\Delta g_{p}/g_{p} = (-4.3\pm2.5)\times10^{-5}, which is more than two orders of magnitude more sensitive than previous constraints. In addition, we obtain sensitive constraints of Δ(μα2)/(μα2)=(2.0±1.2)×105\Delta (\mu\alpha^{2})/(\mu\alpha^{2}) = (2.0\pm1.2)\times10^{-5} and Δ(μα2gp0.64)/(μα2gp0.64)=(4.7±1.9)×106\Delta (\mu\alpha^{2}g_{p}^{0.64})/(\mu\alpha^{2}g_{p}^{0.64}) = (-4.7\pm1.9)\times10^{-6}.

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@article{arxiv.2511.17998,
  title  = {A stringent constraint on the fractional change of proton g-factor},
  author = {Renzhi Su and Stephen J. Curran and Jeremy Darling and Minfeng Gu and J. N. H. S. Aditya and Ningyu Tang and Di Li and Zheng Zheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.17998},
  year   = {2026}
}

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2 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication on SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy