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用类星体吸收线系统约束物理基本常数

Constraining fundamental constants of physics with quasar absorption line systems

Patrick Petitjean, Raghunathan Srianand, Hum Chand, Alexander Ivanchik, Pasquier Noterdaeme, Neeraj Gupta

摘要:

我们总结了我们的小组和其他人的尝试,推导出约束的基本常数的变化在宇宙时间使用类星体吸收线。对于精细结构常数α、质子-电子质量比μ以及质子旋磁因子和前两个常数gp(α ^2/μ)^nu的组合,在红移约为0.5-2.5的范围内,在3 σ水平上,大多数上限位于0.5-1.5x10-5的范围内,其中α只有一种变化。因此,进行新的测量非常重要,以将多种方法的灵敏度提高到至少<0.1x10-5,这应该在未来几年内成为可能。未来在光学ELT和/或射电ALMA、EVLA和SKA寻路器上的仪器无疑将推动这一领域的发展,使其在更高的光谱分辨率下达到更好的信噪比,并对高红移星系ISM中的分子进行测量。

英文摘要:

We summarize the attempts by our group and others to derive constraints on variations of fundamental constants over cosmic time using quasar absorption lines. Most upper limits reside in the range 0.5-1.5x10-5 at the 3sigma level over a redshift range of approximately 0.5-2.5 for the fine-structure constant, alpha, the proton-to-electron mass ratio, mu, and a combination of the proton gyromagnetic factor and the two previous constants, gp(alpha^2/mu)^nu, for only one claimed variation of alpha. It is therefore very important to perform new measurements to improve the sensitivity of the numerous methods to at least <0.1x10-5 which should be possible in the next few years. Future instrumentations on ELTs in the optical and/or ALMA, EVLA and SKA pathfinders in the radio will undoutedly boost this field by allowing to reach much better signal-to-noise ratios at higher spectral resolution and to perform measurements on molecules in the ISM of high redshift galaxies.

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