Probing the variability of the fine-structure constant with the VLT/UVES

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2003-11-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311280v2

Astron.Astrophys.415:L7,2004

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20040013

We assess the cosmological variability of the fine-structure constant from the analysis of an ensemble of Fe II absorption lines at the redshift z=1.15 toward the QSO HE 0515-4414 by means of the standard many-multiplet (MM) technique and its revision based on linear regression (RMM). This is the first time the MM technique is applied to exceptional high-resolution and high signal-to-noise QSO spectra recorded with the UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) at the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). Our analysis results in the most stringent bounds hitherto infered from QSO absorption lines. Our results support the null hypothesis of a non-varying fine-structure constant at a significance level of 91 percent, whereas the support for the results presented in former MM studies indicating a variation in the fine-structure constant is 12 percent.

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