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Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 110 No. 2 (2003) pp. 195-199

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Supernova Cosmology and the Fine Structure Constant

Takeshi Chiba1 and Kazunori Kohri2

1Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
2Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), School of Science,
University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

(Received March 25, 2003)

Abstract:

We study the dependence of the peak luminosity of Type Ia supernovae on the fine structure constant α. We find that decreasing (increasing) α enhances (reduces) the luminosity. Future experiments like SNAP could determine the variation of α to a precision of 10-2.


URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTP/110/195/
DOI : 10.1143/PTP.110.195

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Citing Article(s) :

  1. Progress of Theoretical Physics Vol. 126 No. 6 (2011) pp. 993-1019 :
    The Constancy of the Constants of Nature: Updates
    Takeshi Chiba

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