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arXiv 2007.10905astro-ph.SRgr-qc
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白矮星表面精细结构常数的测量; G191-B2B中Fe V吸收的详细分析

Measuring the fine structure constant on a white dwarf surface; a detailed analysis of Fe V absorption in G191-B2B

J. Hu, J. K. Webb, T. R. Ayres, M. B. Bainbridge, J. D. Barrow, M. A. Barstow, J. C. Berengut, R. F. Carswell, V. Dumont, V. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum, C. C. Lee, N… 展开作者

J. Hu, J. K. Webb, T. R. Ayres, M. B. Bainbridge, J. D. Barrow, M. A. Barstow, J. C. Berengut, R. F. Carswell, V. Dumont, V. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum, C. C. Lee, N. Reindl, S. P. Preval, W. -Ü. L. Tchang-Brillet

摘要:

白矮星G191-B2 B表面的引力势phi = GM/Rc ^2比地球表面强10,000倍。大量的光球吸收特征被探测到,这使得它成为一个合适的环境来测试基本常数依赖于引力的理论。我们已经测量了精细结构常数,α,在白矮星表面,使用新校准的哈勃空间望远镜STIS光谱的G191-B2B,两个新的独立的实验室Fe V波长,和新的原子计算的灵敏度参数,量化Fe V波长依赖于α。得到的两个结果是:dalpha/alpha = 6.36 +/- [0.33(stat)+1.94(sys)] × 10^{-5}和dalpha/alpha = 4.21 +/- [0.47(stat)+2.35(sys)] × 10^{-5}。测量结果表明,在强引力场的存在下,精细结构常数略有增加。一个全面的搜索系统误差进行了总结,包括可能的影响,从线错误识别,线混合,分层的白矮星大气,二次塞曼效应和电场效应,光球速度流,长距离波长扭曲的HST光谱,和相对Fe同位素丰度的变化。没有充分考虑到观察到的偏差,但系统的不确定性在很大程度上是由实验室波长测量精度。

英文摘要:

The gravitational potential phi = GM/Rc^2 at the surface of the white dwarf G191-B2B is 10,000 times stronger than that at the Earth's surface. Numerous photospheric absorption features are detected, making this a suitable environment to test theories in which the fundamental constants depend on gravity. We have measured the fine structure constant, alpha, at the white dwarf surface, used a newly calibrated Hubble Space Telescope STIS spectrum of G191-B2B, two new independent sets of laboratory Fe V wavelengths, and new atomic calculations of the sensitivity parameters that quantify Fe V wavelength dependency on alpha. The two results obtained are: dalpha/alpha = 6.36 +/- [0.33(stat) + 1.94(sys)] X 10^{-5} and dalpha/alpha = 4.21 +/- [0.47(stat) + 2.35(sys)] X 10^{-5}. The measurements hint that the fine structure constant increases slightly in the presence of strong gravitational fields. A comprehensive search for systematic errors is summarised, including possible effects from line misidentifications, line blending, stratification of the white dwarf atmosphere, the quadratic Zeeman effect and electric field effects, photospheric velocity flows, long-range wavelength distortions in the HST spectrum, and variations in the relative Fe isotopic abundances. None fully account for the observed deviation but the systematic uncertainties are heavily dominated by laboratory wavelength measurement precision.

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