Kanekar N, Carilli C L, Langston G I, Rocha G, Combes F, Subrahmanyan R, Stocke J T, Menten K M, Briggs F H, Wiklind T
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Dec 31;95(26):261301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.261301. Epub 2005 Dec 19.
We have detected the four 18 cm OH lines from the z approximaetely 0.765 gravitational lens toward PMN J0134-0931. The 1612 and 1720 MHz lines are in conjugate absorption and emission, providing a laboratory to test the evolution of fundamental constants over a large lookback time. We compare the HI and OH main line absorption redshifts of the different components in the z approximately 0.765 absorber and the z approximately 0.685 lens toward B0218 + 357 to place stringent constraints on changes in F triple-bond g(p)alpha(2)/mu. We obtain [DeltaF/F] = (0.44 +/- 0.36(stat) +/- 1.0(sys)t) x 10(-5), consistent with no evolution over the redshift range 0 < z < or = 0.7. The measurements have a 2sigma sensitivity of [Deltaalpha/alpha] < 6.7 x 10(-6) or [Deltamu/mu] < 1.4 x 10(-5) to fractional changes in alpha and mu over a period of approximately 6.5 G yr, half the age of the Universe. These are among the most sensitive constraints on changes in mu.
我们已经探测到来自红移量约为0.765的引力透镜PMN J0134 - 0931的四条18厘米的OH谱线。1612兆赫和1720兆赫的谱线呈现共轭吸收和发射,为检验基本常数在大回溯时间内的演化提供了一个实验室。我们比较了红移量约为0.765的吸收体和红移量约为0.685的透镜朝向B0218 + 357的不同成分的氢原子和OH主线吸收红移,以对F≡g(p)α(2)/μ的变化施加严格限制。我们得到[ΔF/F] = (0.44 ± 0.36(统计) ± 1.0(系统))×10⁻⁵,这与在红移范围0 < z ≤ 0.7内没有演化相一致。这些测量对于在大约65亿年(宇宙年龄的一半)的时间段内α和μ的分数变化具有2σ灵敏度[Δα/α] < 6.7×10⁻⁶或[Δμ/μ] < 1.4×10⁻⁵。这些是对μ变化最灵敏的限制之一。