Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-01-29
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.327:1244,2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 Pages, 3 Figures, Accepted to MNRAS, small changes after referee's comments, accepted version
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04843.x
QSO absorption spectra provide an extremely useful probe of possible cosmological variation in various physical constants. Comparison of H I 21cm absorption with corresponding molecular (rotational) absorption spectra allows us to constrain variation in y=alpha^2*g_p where alpha is the fine structure constant and g_p is the proton g-factor. We analyse spectra of two QSOs, PKS 1413+135 and TXS 0218+357, and derive values of dy/y at absorption redshifts of z=0.2467 and 0.6847 by simultaneous fitting of the H I 21cm and molecular lines. We find dy/y=(-0.20 +/- 0.44)*10^{-5} and dy/y=(-0.16 +/- 0.54)*10^{-5} respectively, indicating an insignificantly smaller y in the past. We compare our results with other recent constraints from the same two QSOs (Drinkwater et al. 1998; Carilli et al. 2000) and with our recent optical constraints which indicated a smaller alpha at higher redshifts.
Combes François
Drinkwater Michael. J.
Flambaum Victor V.
Murphy Michael T.
Webb John K.
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