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Recent evidence suggests that the fine-structure constant &#945; = ke<sup>2</sup>/hc, a measure of the strength of the electromagnetic interaction between photons and electrons, is slowly increasing over cosmological timescales. High-resolution measurements of quasar spectra suggest that there has been a variation &#916;&#945;/&#945; = -0.72 ? 0.18?10<sup>-5</sup> over the past 6<sup>-10</sup> Gyr. To model this, we propose variability in the speed of light that produces a cosmological time variation &#945;&amp; /&#945; = 10<sup>-15</sup> and 10<sup>-16</sup> yr-1 at z = 3 which also agrees with the observational spectral data.[[Category:Scientific Paper]]
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Recent evidence suggests that the fine-structure constant &#945; = ke<sup>2</sup>/hc, a measure of the strength of the electromagnetic interaction between photons and electrons, is slowly increasing over cosmological timescales. High-resolution measurements of quasar spectra suggest that there has been a variation &#916;&#945;/&#945; = -0.72 ? 0.18?10<sup>-5</sup> over the past 6<sup>-10</sup> Gyr. To model this, we propose variability in the speed of light that produces a cosmological time variation &#945;&amp; /&#945; = 10<sup>-15</sup> and 10<sup>-16</sup> yr-1 at z = 3 which also agrees with the observational spectral data.
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Scientific Paper
Title A Variable Model of the Fine-Structure Constant
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Author(s) Ioannis Iraklis Haranas
Keywords Cosmology, fundamental constants, quantum-electrodynamics
Published 2003
Journal Vixra
Volume ROAJ 13 and SAO/NASA Astrophy
Number 1
No. of pages 8
Pages 25-30

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Abstract

Recent evidence suggests that the fine-structure constant α = ke2/hc, a measure of the strength of the electromagnetic interaction between photons and electrons, is slowly increasing over cosmological timescales. High-resolution measurements of quasar spectra suggest that there has been a variation Δα/α = -0.72 ? 0.18?10-5 over the past 6-10 Gyr. To model this, we propose variability in the speed of light that produces a cosmological time variation α& /α = 10-15 and 10-16 yr-1 at z = 3 which also agrees with the observational spectral data.