Astrophysics, clocks and fundamental constants

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Astrophysics, clocks and fundamental constants

In 1937 the question of a possible temporal variation of the fundamental constants was raised by Paul Dirac in his "large number hypothesis." Today it appears in the context of the search for a unified theory of the fundamental interactions. It touches both fundamental and applied physics, as the postulated unalterability of the constants is the foundation for modern metrology. The book presents reviews written by leading experts in the field. Focussing on the question of variations of the fundamental "constants" in time or space, the chapters cover the theoretical framework in which variations are expected and the search for variations of quantities such as the fine-structure constant, the electron/proton mass ratio, g-factors of proton and neutron etc. in astrophysical and geophysical observations and in precision experiments with atomic clocks and frequency standards.

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Springer
Language
English
Pages
346

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Invited reviews presented at an international conference "Astrophysics, Clocks and Fundamental Constants" organized as the 302nd WE-Heraeus-Seminar which took place in June, 2003, in Bad Honnef"--Pref.

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Berlin, New York
Series
Lecture notes in physics,, 648
Genre
Congresses.

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Dewey Decimal Class
530.8/1
Library of Congress
QC39 .W33 2003, QB460-466

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Pagination
xviii, 346 p. :
Number of pages
346

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3314970M
Internet Archive
astrophysicscloc00kars_610
ISBN 10
3540219676
LCCN
2004107591
OCLC/WorldCat
56695111
LibraryThing
4886502
Goodreads
2652408

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OL5742555W

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