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Confronting Cosmology and New Physics with Fundamental Constants
Rodger I. Thompson
The values of the fundamental constants such as , the proton to electron mass ratio and , the fine structure constant, are sensitive to the product $\sqrt{ζ_x^2(w+1)…
Evolution of Semilocal String Networks: I. Large-scale Properties
A. Achúcarro, A. Avgoustidis, A. M. M. Leite +4
We report on a detailed numerical study of the evolution of semilocal string networks, based on the largest and most accurate field theory simulations of these objects to date. We…
Dark Energy coupling with electromagnetism as seen from future low-medium redshift probes
E. Calabrese, M. Martinelli, S. Pandolfi +4
Beyond the standard cosmological model the late-time accelerated expansion of the universe can be reproduced by the introduction of an additional dynamical scalar field. In this ca…
Fundamental constants and high resolution spectroscopy
P. Bonifacio, H. Rahmani, J. B. Whitmore +14
Absorption-line systems detected in high resolution quasar spectra can be used to compare the value of dimensionless fundamental constants such as the fine-structure constant, alph…
A Community Science Case for E-ELT HIRES
R. Maiolino, M. Haehnelt, M. T. Murphy +57
Building on the experience of the high-resolution community with the suite of VLT high-resolution spectrographs, which has been tremendously successful, we outline here the (scienc…
Scaling properties of cosmic (super)string networks
C. J. A. P. Martins
I use a combination of state-of-the-art numerical simulations and analytic modelling to discuss the scaling properties of cosmic defect networks, including superstrings. Particular…