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Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics Vol. 163

The European Physical Journal Special Topics

Vol. 163 (October I 2008)

Atomic Clocks and Fundamental Constants




  • Editorial     p. VII
    S.G. Karshenboim and E. Peik
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  • Astrophysics, atomic clocks and fundamental constants     p. 1
    S.G. Karshenboim and E. Peik
    Abstract | PDF file (302.7 KB) | References


  • Ultracold strontium clock: Applications to the measurement of fundamental constant variations     p. 9
    A.D. Ludlow, S. Blatt, T. Zelevinsky, G.K. Campbell, M.J. Martin, J.W. Thomsen, M.M. Boyd and J. Ye
    Abstract | PDF file (433.5 KB) | References


  • Recent atomic clock comparisons at NIST     p. 19
    L. Lorini, N. Ashby, A. Brusch, S. Diddams, R. Drullinger, E. Eason, T. Fortier, P. Hastings, T. Heavner, D. Hume, W. Itano, S. Jefferts, N. Newbury, T. Parker, T. Rosenband, J. Stalnaker  , W. Swann, D. Wineland and J. Bergquist
    Abstract | PDF file (1.045 MB) | References


  • Limits to time variation of fundamental constants from comparisons of atomic frequency standards     p. 37
    S.N. Lea
    Abstract | PDF file (256.2 KB) | References



  • Prospects for precision measurements on ammonia molecules in a fountain     p. 55
    H.L. Bethlem, M. Kajita, B. Sartakov, G. Meijer and W. Ubachs
    Abstract | PDF file (580.4 KB) | References


  • A laboratory search for variation of the fine-structure constant using atomic dysprosium     p. 71
    A. Cingöz, N.A. Leefer, S.J. Ferrell, A. Lapierre, A.-T Nguyen, V.V. Yashchuk, D. Budker, S.K. Lamoreaux and J.R. Torgerson
    Abstract | PDF file (1.305 MB) | References


  • Stable diode lasers for hydrogen precision spectroscopy     p. 89
    J. Alnis, A. Matveev, N. Kolachevsky, T. Wilken, R. Holzwarth and T.W. Hänsch
    Abstract | PDF file (804.2 KB) | References


  • A permanent Zeeman slower for Sr atomic clock     p. 95
    Y.B. Ovchinnikov
    Abstract | PDF file (244.2 KB) | References


  • Precise determination of ${h/m_{\rm Rb}}$ using Bloch oscillations and atomic interferometry: A mean to deduce the fine structure constant     p. 101
    M. Cadoret, E. de Mirandes, P. Cladé, S. Guellati-Khélifa, C. Schwob, F. Nez, L. Julien and F. Biraben
    Abstract | PDF file (574.7 KB) | References


  • The anomalous magnetic moment of the electron in hydrogenlike ions - A test of bound-state QED: Recent, present and future precision experiments     p. 113
    M. Vogel, J. Alonso, K. Blaum, W. Quint, B. Schabinger, S. Sturm, J. Verdu, A. Wagner and G. Werth
    Abstract | PDF file (861.1 KB) | References


  • Towards an atomic realization of the kilogram: The measurements of NA and NAh     p. 127
    P. Becker
    Abstract | PDF file (1.390 MB) | References


  • Towards a natural system of units for physics and metrology - On a re-definition of the base units of the SI, the kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole, in terms of fundamental physical constants     p. 141
    S.G. Karshenboim
    Abstract | PDF file (506.1 KB) | References


  • Variation of fundamental constants in space and time: Theory and observations     p. 159
    V.V. Flambaum
    Abstract | PDF file (161.2 KB) | References


  • Bounds on the fine structure constant variability from Fe II absorption lines in QSO spectra     p. 173
    P. Molaro, D. Reimers, I.I. Agafonova and S.A. Levshakov
    Abstract | PDF file (792.8 KB) | References


  • Current status of astronomical observations on possible cosmological variations of the proton-to-electron mass ratio ${\mu=m_{\rm p}/m_{\rm e}}$     p. 191
    A. Ivanchik, D. Varshalovich and P. Petitjean
    Abstract | PDF file (399.8 KB) | References


  • Variability of the proton-to-electron mass ratio on cosmological scales     p. 197
    M. Wendt and D. Reimers
    Abstract | PDF file (331.2 KB) | References


  • Physics and Astrophysics with low background scintillators     p. 207
    R. Bernabei
    Abstract | PDF file (899.3 KB) | References


  • Tests of relativistic gravity in space - Recent progress and future directions     p. 227
    S.G. Turyshev
    Abstract | PDF file (1.552 MB) | References


  • Why gravity experiments are so exciting     p. 255
    C. Lämmerzahl
    Abstract | PDF file (178.2 KB) | References


  • Unified picture of ordinary and dark matter genesis     p. 271
    Z. Berezhiani
    Abstract | PDF file (282.8 KB) | References


  • Dark halo or bigravity?     p. 291
    N. Rossi
    Abstract | PDF file (137.0 KB) | References


  • Fundamental constants and their variability in theories of high energy physics     p. 297
    T. Dent
    Abstract | PDF file (264.8 KB) | References


  • 5D optics for atomic clocks and gravito-inertial sensors     p. 315
    Ch.J. Bordé
    Abstract | PDF file (492.5 KB) | References







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