CAN OSCILLATING PHYSICS EXPLAIN AN APPARENTLY PERIODIC UNIVERSE

被引:44
作者
HILL, CT
STEINHARDT, PJ
TURNER, MS
机构
[1] UNIV PENN,DEPT PHYS,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[2] UNIV CHICAGO,ENRICO FERMI INST,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,CHICAGO,IL 60637
[3] UNIV CHICAGO,ENRICO FERMI INST,DEPT ASTROPHYS,CHICAGO,IL 60637
[4] FERMI NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,NASA FERMILAB ASTROPHYS CTR,BATAVIA,IL 60510
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10.1016/0370-2693(90)90549-L
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Recently, Broadhurst et al. have reported an apparent periodicity in a north-south pencil-beam red-shift survey of galaxies. We consider whether the periodicity may be an illusion caused by the oscillations of physical constants. Should the periodicity by disproven by subsequent observations, the same analysis can be used to derive new, stringent limits on the variations of physical constants.
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页码:343 / 348
页数:6
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