In this review we discuss the progress of the past decade in testing for a
possible temporal variation of the fine structure constant $\alpha$. Advances
in atomic sample preparation, laser spectroscopy and optical frequency
measurements led to rapid reduction of measurement uncertainties. Eventually
laboratory tests became the most sensitive tool to detect a possible variation
of $\alpha$ at the present epoch. We explain the methods and technologies that
helped make this possible.
cite arxiv:0904.1663
Comment: 23 pages, 10 figures, The ISSI Workshop, 6-10 October 2008, on The
Nature of Gravity "Confronting Theory and Experiment in Space"
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%A Holzwarth, R.
%A Udem, Th.
%A Haensch, T. W.
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possible temporal variation of the fine structure constant $\alpha$. Advances
in atomic sample preparation, laser spectroscopy and optical frequency
measurements led to rapid reduction of measurement uncertainties. Eventually
laboratory tests became the most sensitive tool to detect a possible variation
of $\alpha$ at the present epoch. We explain the methods and technologies that
helped make this possible.
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