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The constancy of the constants of nature: updates. (English) Zbl 1242.00031

Summary: The current observational and experimental constraints on the time variation of the constants of nature (the fine structure constant \(\alpha \), the gravitational constant \(G\) and the proton-electron mass ratio \(\mu = m_{p}/m_{e}\)) are reviewed.

MSC:

00A79 Physics
00-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematics in general
81-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory
83-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory