CMB constraints on the fine structure constant

Details CMB constraints on the fine structure constant CMB constraints on the fine structure constant

2006-02-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602577v2

Phys.Rev.D74:023515,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.74.023515

We study constraints on time variation of the fine structure constant alpha from cosmic microwave background (CMB) taking into account simultaneous change in alpha and the electron mass m_e which might be implied in unification theories. We obtain the constraints -0.097 < Delta alpha/alpha < 0.034 at 95% C.L. using WMAP data only, and -0.042 < Delta alpha/alpha < 0.026 combining with the constraint on the Hubble parameter by the HST Hubble Key Project. These are improved by 15% compared with constraints assuming only alpha varies. We discuss other relations between variations in alpha and m_e but we do not find evidence for varying alpha.

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