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Tests of the stability of nature's fundamental constants are one of the cornerstones of the ongoing search for the new physics which is required to explain the recent acceleration of the universe. The two main settings for these tests are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-18 C. J. A. P. Martins , M. Vila Miñana

Within the framework of a model universe with time variable space dimension (TVSD), known as decrumpling or TVSD model, we study the time variation of the fine structure constant. Using observational bounds on the present time variation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Forough Nasseri

The variation of fine structure constant with the variation of velocity of light has been studied considering contribution to the permeability and permittivity of the vacuum and incorporating contribution of fractal potential originated…

General Physics · Physics 2017-06-09 A. Bhattacharya , R. Saha , R. Ghosh

The effect of fractal space time of the quantum particles on the variation of the fine structure constant $\alpha$ has been studied. The variation of fine structure constant has been investigated around De Broglie length $\lambda$ and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-05 A. Bhattacharya , A. Chandra , B. Chakrabarti

Recent key observational results on the variation of fine structure constant, the proton to electron mass ratio and the gravitational constant are reviewed. The necessity to substantiate the dark sector of cosmology and to test gravity on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Jean-Philippe Uzan

By employing Dirac LNH, and a further generalization by Berman (GLNH), we estimate how should vary the total number of nucleons, the energy density, Newton Gravitational constant, the cosmological constant, the magnetic permeability and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Marcelo S. Berman , Luis A. Trevisan

We discuss experiments and observations aimed at testing the possible space-time variability of fundamental physical constants, predicted by the modern theory. Specifically, we consider two of the dimensionless physical parameters which are…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. A. Varshalovich , A. Y. Potekhin , A. V. Ivanchik

Time variation of fundamental constants would not be surprising in the framework of theories involving extra dimensions. The variation of any one constant is likely to be correlated with variations of others in a pattern that is diagnostic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 Paul Langacker

In the present report the author presents a simple and systematically defined formula for the fine structure constant based only on the number $\pi$. The difference between the suggested value and the currently known experimental one is…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Anastass Anastasov

High precision asteroseismic data provide a unique opportunity to test input microphysics such as stellar opacities, chemical composition or equation of state. These tests are possible because pulsational frequencies as well as amplitudes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Przemysław Walczak , Jadwiga Daszyńska-Daszkiewicz

We present a new framework to study the time variation of fundamental constants in a model-independent way. Model independence implies more free parameters than assumed in previous studies. Using data from atomic clocks based on $^{87}$Sr,…

Recent work by Webb {\it et al.} has provided indications of spatial variations of the fine-structure constant, $\alpha$, at a level of a few parts per million. Using a dataset of 293 archival measurements, they further show that a dipole…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-16 A. M. M. Pinho , C. J. A. P. Martins

We make use of Dirac LNH and results for a time varying fine structure constant in order to derive possible laws of variation for speed of light, the number of nucleons in the Universe, energy density and gravitational constant. By…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Marcelo S. Berman , Luis A. Trevisan

We review some string-inspired theoretical models which incorporate a correlated spacetime variation of coupling constants while remaining naturally compatible both with phenomenological constraints coming from geochemical data (Oklo;…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Thibault Damour

By measuring the fundamental constants in astrophysical objects one can test basic physical principles as space-time invariance of physical laws along with probing the applicability limits of the standard model of particle physics. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-07 S. A. Levshakov

Time variation of fundamental constants, a strong signal of new physics, is analyzed comparing extant data with two phenomenological models. Results are discussed.

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Vucetich

This review article is devoted to application of precision molecular spectroscopy to studies of the possible spatial and temporal variations of the fundamental constants. Both astrophysical observations and laboratory experiments are…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-07-18 V. V. Flambaum , M. G. Kozlov

Information in the time distribution of points in a state space reconstructed from observed data yields a test for ``nonstationarity''. Framed in terms of a statistical hypothesis test, this numerical algorithm can discern whether some…

chao-dyn · Physics 2008-02-03 Matthew B. Kennel

In present paper we evaluate the fine structure constant variation, that should take place as the Universe expands and its curvature is changed adiabatically. Such variation of the fine structure constant is attributed to an energy losses…

General Physics · Physics 2020-12-15 Anton A. Lipovka , Ivan A. Cardenas

The uncertainty or the variability of the data may be treated by considering, rather than a single value for each data, the interval of values in which it may fall. This paper studies the derivation of basic description statistics for…

Computation · Statistics 2008-12-18 Marie Chavent , Jérôme Saracco