Time Variation of Fine Structure Constant and Proton-Electron Mass Ratio with Quintessence

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2007-02-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702063v1

Mod.Phys.Lett.A22:2003-2011,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 4 figures, CosPA 2006 Proceeding. 9 pages, 4 figures, CosPA 2006 Proceeding will be published in the Mod. Phys. Lett.

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217732307025236

Recent astrophysical observations of quasar absorption systems indicate that the fine structure constant $\alpha$ and the proton-electron mass ratio $\mu$ may have evolved through the history of the universe. Motivated by these observations, we consider the cosmological evolution of a quintessence-like scalar field $\phi$ coupled to gauge fields and matter which leads to effective modifications of the coupling constants and particle masses over time. We show that a class of models where the scalar field potential $V(\phi)$ and the couplings to matter $B(\phi)$ admit common extremum in $\phi$ naturally explains constraints on variations of both the fine structure constant and the proton-electron mass ratio.

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