Astrophysics, Clocks and Fundamental Constants

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Karshenboim, Savely G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Peik, Ekkehard (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 648
• Subjects: Astrophysics.; Quantum physics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement .; Gravitation.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Quantum Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

In 1937 the question of a possible temporal variation of the fundamental constants was raised by Paul Dirac in his "large number hypothesis." Today it appears in the context of the search for a unified theory of the fundamental interactions. It touches both fundamental and applied physics,...