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New Constraints on Spatial Variations of the Fine Structure Constant from Clusters of Galaxies

Authors :
Ivan De Martino
Carlos J. A. P. Martins
Harald Ebeling
Dale Kocevski
Source :
Universe, Vol 2, Iss 4, p 34 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2016.

Abstract

We have constrained the spatial variation of the fine structure constant using multi-frequency measurements of the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect of 618 X-ray selected clusters. Although our results are not competitive with the ones from quasar absorption lines, we improved by a factor 10 and ∼2.5 previous results from Cosmic Microwave Background power spectrum and from galaxy clusters, respectively.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22181997
Volume :
2
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Universe
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.32eca0063a54460797138814db9dda7a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/universe2040034