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The status of varying constants: a review of the physics, searches and implications

C J A P Martins
Reports on Progress in Physics 80 (12) 126902 (2017)
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aa860e
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Extent and structure of intervening absorbers from absorption lines redshifted on quasar emission lines

J. Bergeron and P. Boissé
Astronomy & Astrophysics 604 A37 (2017)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730906
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[C i], [C ii] and CO emission lines as a probe for α variations at low and high redshifts

S. A. Levshakov, K.-W. Ng, C. Henkel and B. Mookerjea
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 471 (2) 2143 (2017)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1782
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Metals in thez∼ 3 intergalactic medium: results from an ultra-high signal-to-noise ratio UVES quasar spectrum

V. D'Odorico, S. Cristiani, E. Pomante, et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 463 (3) 2690 (2016)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2161
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XQ-100: A legacy survey of one hundred 3.5 ≲z≲ 4.5 quasars observed with VLT/X-shooter

S. López, V. D’Odorico, S. L. Ellison, et al.
Astronomy & Astrophysics 594 A91 (2016)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628161
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Fundamental cosmology from precision spectroscopy. II. Synergies with supernovae

A. C. O. Leite and C. J. A. P. Martins
Physical Review D 91 (10) (2015)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.103519
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Fundamental constant observational bounds on the variability of the QCD scale

Rodger I. Thompson
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 467 (4) 4558 (2017)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx433
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GRBs and Fundamental Physics

Patrick Petitjean, F. Y. Wang, X. F. Wu and J. J. Wei
Space Science Reviews 202 (1-4) 195 (2016)
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-016-0235-6
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Spatial and temporal variations of the fine-structure constant in the Finslerian universe

Xin Li and Hai-Nan Lin
Chinese Physics C 41 (6) 065102 (2017)
DOI: 10.1088/1674-1137/41/6/065102
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Time variations of narrow absorption lines in high resolution quasar spectra

P. Boissé, J. Bergeron, J. X. Prochaska, C. Péroux and D. G. York
Astronomy & Astrophysics 581 A109 (2015)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526289
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Constraints on variations of mp/mebased on UVES observations of H2

M. Wendt
Astronomische Nachrichten 335 (1) 106 (2014)
DOI: 10.1002/asna.201312008
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Current and future constraints on Bekenstein-type models for varying couplings

A. C. O. Leite and C. J. A. P. Martins
Physical Review D 94 (2) (2016)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.023503
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On the stability of fundamental couplings in the Galaxy

S.M. João, C.J.A.P. Martins, I.S.A.B. Mota and P.M.T. Vianez
Physics Letters B 749 389 (2015)
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2015.08.018
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Further consistency tests of the stability of fundamental couplings

M. C. Ferreira and C. J. A. P. Martins
Physical Review D 91 (12) (2015)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.124032
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Galaxy clusters, type Ia supernovae and the fine structure constant

R.F.L. Holanda, V.C. Busti, L.R. Colaço, J.S. Alcaniz and S.J. Landau
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2016 (08) 055 (2016)
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/08/055
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Spatial variations of the fine-structure constant in symmetron models

Marvin F. Silva, Hans A. Winther, David F. Mota and C. J. A. P. Martins
Physical Review D 89 (2) (2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.024025
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New tests of variability of the speed of light.

Mariusz P. Dąbrowski, Vincenzo Salzano, Adam Balcerzak, et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences 126 04012 (2016)
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201612604012
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Varying electric charge in multiscale spacetimes

Gianluca Calcagni, João Magueijo and David Rodríguez Fernández
Physical Review D 89 (2) (2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.024021
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Implementation and application of the relativistic equation-of-motion coupled-cluster method for the excited states of closed-shell atomic systems

D. K. Nandy, Yashpal Singh and B. K. Sahoo
Physical Review A 89 (6) (2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.89.062509
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Consistency tests of the stability of fundamental couplings and unification scenarios

M. C. Ferreira, O. Frigola, C. J. A. P. Martins, A. M. R. V. L. Monteiro and J. Solà
Physical Review D 89 (8) (2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.083011
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Stability of fundamental couplings: A global analysis

C. J. A. P. Martins and A. M. M. Pinho
Physical Review D 95 (2) (2017)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.023008
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Modelling Spatial Variations of the Speed of Light

Adam Balcerzak, Mariusz P. Da̧browski and Vincenzo Salzano
Annalen der Physik 529 (9) 1600409 (2017)
DOI: 10.1002/andp.201600409
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Coefficients of sensitivity toαvariation for astrophysically relevant transitions in Ni ii

E. A. Konovalova, M. G. Kozlov and R. T. Imanbaeva
Physical Review A 90 (4) (2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.90.042512
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Fundamental cosmology in the E-ELT era: the status and future role of tests of fundamental coupling stability

C. J. A. P. Martins
General Relativity and Gravitation 47 (1) (2015)
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-014-1843-7
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Dark energy coupling with electromagnetism as seen from future low-medium redshift probes

E. Calabrese, M. Martinelli, S. Pandolfi, et al.
Physical Review D 89 (8) (2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.083509
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Variations of the fine-structure constantαin exotic singularity models

Mariusz P. Dąbrowski, Tomasz Denkiewicz, C. J. A. P. Martins and P. E. Vielzeuf
Physical Review D 89 (12) (2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.123512
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Redshifting of cosmological black bodies in Bekenstein-Sandvik-Barrow-Magueijo varying-alpha theories

John D. Barrow and João Magueijo
Physical Review D 90 (12) (2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.123506
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Fine-structure constant constraints on dark energy

C. J. A. P. Martins and A. M. M. Pinho
Physical Review D 91 (10) (2015)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.103501
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Time-evolution of the fine-structure constant in runaway dilaton models

Pauline Eva Vielzeuf and C J A P Martins
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 566 012006 (2014)
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/566/1/012006
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Fine-structure constant constraints on Bekenstein-type models

P. M. M. Leal, C. J. A. P. Martins and L. B. Ventura
Physical Review D 90 (2) (2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.027305
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Fundamental cosmology from precision spectroscopy: Varying couplings

A. C. O. Leite, C. J. A. P. Martins, P. O. J. Pedrosa and N. J. Nunes
Physical Review D 90 (6) (2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.063519
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The UVES large program for testing fundamental physics – II. Constraints on a change in μ towards quasar HE 0027−1836★

H. Rahmani, M. Wendt, R. Srianand, et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 435 (1) 861 (2013)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stt1356
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Impact of instrumental systematic errors on fine-structure constant measurements with quasar spectra

J. B. Whitmore and M. T. Murphy
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 447 (1) 446 (2014)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu2420
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General dynamics of varying-alpha universes

John D. Barrow and Alexander A. H. Graham
Physical Review D 88 (10) (2013)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.103513
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The UVES Large Program for testing fundamental physics – III. Constraints on the fine-structure constant from three telescopes

T. M. Evans, M. T. Murphy, J. B. Whitmore, et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 445 (1) 128 (2014)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu1754
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Recovering a redshift-extended varying speed of light signal from galaxy surveys

Vincenzo Salzano
Physical Review D 95 (8) (2017)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.084035
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Relativistic calculations of radiative properties and fine structure constant varying sensitivity coefficients in the astrophysically relevant Zn ii, Si iv and Ti iv ions

D. K. Nandy and B. K. Sahoo
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 447 (4) 3812 (2015)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu2707
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The primordial deuterium abundance: subDLA system atzabs = 2.437 towards the QSO J 1444+2919

S. A. Balashev, E. O. Zavarygin, A. V. Ivanchik, K. N. Telikova and D. A. Varshalovich
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 458 (2) 2188 (2016)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw356
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Probing the constancy of the speed of light with future galaxy survey: The case of SKA and Euclid

Vincenzo Salzano, Mariusz P. Dąbrowski and Ruth Lazkoz
Physical Review D 93 (6) (2016)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.063521
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Constraints on changes in the proton–electron mass ratio using methanol lines

N. Kanekar, W. Ubachs, K. M. Menten, et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 448 (1) L104 (2015)
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slu206
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Fundamental constants and high-resolution spectroscopy

P. Bonifacio, H. Rahmani, J.B. Whitmore, et al.
Astronomische Nachrichten 335 (1) 83 (2014)
DOI: 10.1002/asna.201312005
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Environmental variation of constants in screened modified theories of gravity

Philippe Brax
Physical Review D 90 (2) (2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.023505
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Laboratory atomic transition data for precise optical quasar absorption spectroscopy

Michael T. Murphy and Julian C. Berengut
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 438 (1) 388 (2013)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stt2204
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Subaru Telescope limits on cosmological variations in the fine-structure constant

Michael T. Murphy and Kathy L. Cooksey
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 471 (4) 4930 (2017)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1949
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Constraining the variation in the fine-structure constant using SDSS DR7 quasi-stellar object spectra

H. Rahmani, N. Maheshwari and R. Srianand
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 439 (1) L70 (2014)
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slt183
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Spectral properties of a few F-like ions

D. K. Nandy and B. K. Sahoo
Astronomy & Astrophysics 563 A25 (2014)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322931
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Distinguishing modified gravity models

Philippe Brax and Anne-Christine Davis
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2015 (10) 042 (2015)
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/10/042
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Colloquium: Search for a drifting proton-electron mass ratio fromH2

W. Ubachs, J. Bagdonaite, E. J. Salumbides, M. T. Murphy and L. Kaper
Reviews of Modern Physics 88 (2) (2016)
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.88.021003
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Current and future constraints on extended Bekenstein-type models for a varying fine-structure constant

C. S. Alves, A. C. O. Leite, C. J. A. P. Martins, et al.
Physical Review D 97 (2) (2018)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.023522
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Varying Constants Entropic-ΛCDM Cosmology

Mariusz Da̧browski, Hussain Gohar and Vincenzo Salzano
Entropy 18 (2) 60 (2016)
DOI: 10.3390/e18020060
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CONSTRAINING THE VARIATION OF THE FINE-STRUCTURE CONSTANT WITH OBSERVATIONS OF NARROW QUASAR ABSORPTION LINES

A. Songaila and L. L. Cowie
The Astrophysical Journal 793 (2) 103 (2014)
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/793/2/103
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Stringent Constraints on Fundamental Constant Evolution Using Conjugate 18 cm Satellite OH Lines

Nissim Kanekar, Tapasi Ghosh and Jayaram N. Chengalur
Physical Review Letters 120 (6) (2018)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.061302
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Dark Energy Constraints from Espresso Tests of the Stability of Fundamental Couplings

Ana Leite, Carlos Martins and Paolo Molaro
Universe 3 (2) 30 (2017)
DOI: 10.3390/universe3020030
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Limits on the spatial variations of the electron-to-proton mass ratio in the Galactic plane

S. A. Levshakov, D. Reimers, C. Henkel, et al.
Astronomy & Astrophysics 559 A91 (2013)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322535
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A NEW METHOD FOR DETECTING VELOCITY SHIFTS AND DISTORTIONS BETWEEN OPTICAL SPECTRA

Tyler M. Evans and Michael T. Murphy
The Astrophysical Journal 778 (2) 173 (2013)
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/778/2/173
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Cosmology with Varying Constants from a Thermodynamic Viewpoint

Hussain Gohar
Universe 3 (1) 26 (2017)
DOI: 10.3390/universe3010026
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Magnetic contributions in Bekenstein type models

Lucila Kraiselburd, Florencia L. Castillo, Mercedes E. Mosquera and Héctor Vucetich
Physical Review D 97 (4) (2018)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.043526
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The variation of the fine-structure constant from disformal couplings

Carsten van de Bruck, Jurgen Mifsud and Nelson J. Nunes
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2015 (12) 018 (2015)
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/12/018
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Gamma-Ray Bursts

Patrick Petitjean, F. Y. Wang, X. F. Wu and J. J. Wei
Space Sciences Series of ISSI, Gamma-Ray Bursts 61 197 (2016)
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-1279-6_9
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Thirty Meter Telescope Detailed Science Case: 2015

Warren Skidmore
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 15 (12) 1945 (2015)
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/15/12/001
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Testing the isotropy of the Universe by using the JLA compilation of Type Ia supernovae

Hai-Nan Lin, Sai Wang, Zhe Chang and Xin Li
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 456 (2) 1881 (2016)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2804
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Evolution of the fine-structure constant in runaway dilaton models

C.J.A.P. Martins, P.E. Vielzeuf, M. Martinelli, E. Calabrese and S. Pandolfi
Physics Letters B 743 377 (2015)
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.002
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Reappraisal of the limit on the variation inαimplied by the Oklo natural fission reactors

Edward D. Davis and Leila Hamdan
Physical Review C 92 (1) (2015)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.92.014319
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Cosmological and astrophysical constraints on tachyon dark energy models

C. J. A. P. Martins and F. M. O. Moucherek
Physical Review D 93 (12) (2016)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.123524
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Fine-structure constant constraints on dark energy. II. Extending the parameter space

C. J. A. P. Martins, A. M. M. Pinho, P. Carreira, et al.
Physical Review D 93 (2) (2016)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.023506
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Constraint on the time variation of the fine-structure constant with the SDSS-III/BOSS DR12 quasar sample

Franco D. Albareti, Johan Comparat, Carlos M. Gutiérrez, et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 452 (4) 4153 (2015)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1406
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A tomographic test of cosmological principle using the JLA compilation of type Ia supernovae

Zhe Chang, Hai-Nan Lin, Yu Sang and Sai Wang
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 478 (3) 3633 (2018)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty1120
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Dark energy and equivalence principle constraints from astrophysical tests of the stability of the fine-structure constant

C.J.A.P. Martins, A.M.M. Pinho, R.F.C. Alves, et al.
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2015 (08) 047 (2015)
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/08/047
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Precise limits on cosmological variability of the fine-structure constant with zinc and chromium quasar absorption lines

Michael T. Murphy, Adrian L. Malec and J. Xavier Prochaska
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 461 (3) 2461 (2016)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1482
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Updated constraints on spatial variations of the fine-structure constant

A.M.M. Pinho and C.J.A.P. Martins
Physics Letters B 756 121 (2016)
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.014
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High-precision limit on variation in the fine-structure constant from a single quasar absorption system

S. M. Kotuš, M. T. Murphy and R. F. Carswell
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 464 (3) 3679 (2017)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2543
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Dark energy constraints from ESPRESSO tests of the stability of fundamental couplings

A. C. O. Leite, C. J. A. P. Martins, P. Molaro, D. Corre and S. Cristiani
Physical Review D 94 (12) (2016)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.123512
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Fine-structure transitions as a tool for studying variation of α at high redshifts

S. A. Levshakov and M. G. Kozlov
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 469 (1) L16 (2017)
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slx049
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Observational constraints on f(T) gravity from varying fundamental constants

Rafael C. Nunes, Alexander Bonilla, Supriya Pan and Emmanuel N. Saridakis
The European Physical Journal C 77 (4) (2017)
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4798-5
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Running vacuum in the Universe and the time variation of the fundamental constants of Nature

Harald Fritzsch, Joan Solà and Rafael C. Nunes
The European Physical Journal C 77 (3) (2017)
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4714-z
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The Effect of Relativistic Interactions on the Spectral Characteristics of the Ground State of Carbon Monoxide

E. A. Konovalova, Yu. A. Demidov and A. V. Stolyarov
Optics and Spectroscopy 125 (4) 470 (2018)
DOI: 10.1134/S0030400X18100107
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The UVES Spectral Quasar Absorption Database (SQUAD) data release 1: the first 10 million seconds

Michael T Murphy, Glenn G Kacprzak, Giulia A D Savorgnan and Robert F Carswell
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 482 (3) 3458 (2019)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty2834
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