English

Time varying $\alpha$ in N=8 extended Supergravity

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v3 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

There has been some evidence that the fine structure "constant" α\alpha may vary with time. We point out that this variation can be described by a scalar field in some supergravity theory in our toy model, for instance, the N=8 extended supergravity in four dimensions which can be accommodated in M-theory.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0302208,
  title  = {Time varying $\alpha$ in N=8 extended Supergravity},
  author = {Qing-Guo Huang and Miao Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0302208},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages,1 figures. Accepted for publication in JHEP

R2 v1 2026-07-22T13:46:44.405Z