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Nov. 04, 2011
Pondering the Possibility of Non-constant ‘Constants’
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| What if the laws of physics aren't the same all over the universe, but vary from place to place? Michael Murphy of the Swinburne University of Technology discusses research published in the journal Physical Review Letters indicating that the value of one basic physical property, the fine structure constant, may vary with location in interstellar space. |
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Michael Murphy
QEII Research Fellow
Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
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