The fundamental constants and their variation: observational and theoretical status

DOI10.1103/RevModPhys.75.403zbMath1205.81142arXivhep-ph/0205340WikidataQ21563877 ScholiaQ21563877MaRDI QIDQ3077094

Publication date: 21 February 2011

Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0205340

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25)

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