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高分辨光学类星体光谱中变化质子-电子质量比的新极限

New limit on a varying proton-to-electron mass ratio from high-resolution optical quasar spectra

Adrian L. Malec, Ruth Buning, Michael T. Murphy, Nikola Milutinovic, S. L. Ellison, J. Xavier Prochaska, Lex Kaper, Jason Tumlinson, Robert F. Carswell, Wim Ubachs

摘要:

本文分析了最近在红移z_abs=2.059处发现的向明亮背景类星体J2123-0050的分子跃迁,以限制质子-电子质量比μ =m_p/m_e的宇宙学变化。用凯克望远镜观测的光谱是迄今为止分辨率最高、H_2跃迁数最多的光谱(86)。此外,(7)首次使用HD转变来约束μ变化。这些因素以及采用尽可能少的自由参数的分析强烈限制了mu与当前实验室值的相对偏差:dmu/mu =(+5.6+/-5.5_stat+/-2.7_sys x10 ^{-6}。这是第一个凯克结果,以补充最近的限制,从三个系统在z_abs>2.5观察到的超大望远镜。

英文摘要:

Molecular transitions recently discovered at redshift z_abs=2.059 toward the bright background quasar J2123-0050 are analysed to limit cosmological variation in the proton-to-electron mass ratio, mu=m_p/m_e. Observed with the Keck telescope, the optical spectrum has the highest resolving power and largest number (86) of H_2 transitions in such analyses so far. Also, (7) HD transitions are used for the first time to constrain mu-variation. These factors, and an analysis employing the fewest possible free parameters, strongly constrain mu's relative deviation from the current laboratory value: dmu/mu =(+5.6+/-5.5_stat+/-2.7_sys)x10^{-6}. This is the first Keck result to complement recent constraints from three systems at z_abs>2.5 observed with the Very Large Telescope.

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