JOINT DISCUSSION 9

IAU GENERAL ASSEMBLY RIO de JANEIRO 2009


10 - 11 August, 2009


Are the fundamental constants
varying with spacetime?




Scientific Organising Committee:
John D. Barrow (UK), Francoise Combes (France), Thomas Dent (Germany), Sandro D'Odorico (ESO-Germany), Victor Flambaum (Australia), Sergei Levshakov (Russia), Carlos Martins (Portugal), Paolo Molaro (Italy) chair, Michael Murphy (Australia), Cedric Ledoux (ESO-Chile), Keith Olive (USA), Patrick Petitjean (France), Dieter Reimers (Germany), Raghunathan Srianand (India), Jean-Philippe Uzan (France), Elisabeth Vangioni Flam (France) co-chair, John Webb (Australia).

Coordinating Division:
Division VIII Galaxies and the Universe

Supporting Commisions:

C47 Cosmology - C52 Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy - C40 Radio Astronomy - C30 Radial velocities


Topics:
Theoretical expectations for variable constants: from strings to scalar fields - Cosmology with varying constants: dynamical dark energy - Tests of fundamental principles of GR: equivalence principle, space missions Microscope and Aces - Laboratory and geological bounds: atomic clocks, Oklo - Astronomical bounds: BBN, CMB, meteorites - Fine structure constant: AD method, MM method - Electron-to-proton mass ratio from molecular hydrogen and ammonia - Radio observations: bounds on combined constants - Future instrumentation: ALMA, SKA, ELT


First announcement

Scientific Background

Final Scientific Program


proceedings


Contacts:
Paolo Molaro
INAF OAT
via G.B.Tiepolo 11 34143 Trieste Italy
Tel: +39 040 3199229, Fax: +39 040 309418
Email: molaro@oats.inaf.it
Elisabeth Vangioni Flam
Institute d'Astrophysique de Paris
98 bis bd Arago, 75014 Paris, France
Tel:+33(0)1 44 32 80 00, Fax+33(0)1 44 32 80 01
Email:   vangioni@iap.fr


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