Please join us for an informal seminar sponsored by the Atomic and Molecular Physics Division, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. (Complete schedule at http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/amp/events.html) 12:30 PM Thursday June 23, 2011 Phillips Auditorium 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Astrophysical evidence for spatial variation of the fine structure constant and proposals of laboratory tests Prof. Victor Flambaum University of New South Wales Quasar spectra data indicate that the fine structure constant alpha vary in space. Results from different telescopes give the same direction and magnitude of the alpha gradient. There no contradictions with the results of different groups. We propose atomic clock experiments to test these results. The systems with enhanced effects (nuclear clocks, multiply charged ions, molecular clocks) are also proposed. _______________________________________________ Aspuru-meetings-list mailing list Aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list