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在早期宇宙中,从酒精中漂移的质子对电子质量比的严格限制
Julija Bagdonaite1, Paul Jansen, Christian Henkel
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
概括
科学家研究了早期宇宙中的质子对电子质量比 (μ). 观测显示没有显著的变化,这表明这个基本常数在宇宙时间内保持稳定.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 基本物理 基本物理
- 天体化学是天体化学.
背景情况:
- 物理学标准模型依赖于基本常数.
- 这些常数在宇宙时间上的恒定性并不能由当前的理论解释.
- 研究基本常数的变化可以测试超越标准模型的物理学.
研究的目的:
- 为了限制质子对电子质量比 (μ) 的宇宙变化.
- 测试几十亿年来基本物理常数的稳定性.
主要方法:
- 利用了早期宇宙中甲醇 (CH3OH) 过渡的无线电天文观测.
- 对准星 PKS1830-211 在红移 z = 0.89 的光谱数据与实验室测量进行了比较.
- 分析了微型结构常数和质子对电子质量比.
主要成果:
- 在质子对电子质量比的变化上推导出一个严格的约束: Δμ/μ = (0.0 ± 1.0) × 10−7.
- 在z = 0.89 (大约70亿年前) 的观测值与没有变化一致.
- 这一结果限制了与标准模型的潜在偏差.
结论:
- 质子对电子的质量比在z = 0.89.9时没有显著的宇宙学变化.
- 这一发现支持了基本常数在很大的宇宙学尺度和时间上是稳定的假设.
- 需要进一步的观测来探索不同时代的变化,并具有更高的精度.
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