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SUMMARY:The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics - Carlos Ma
 rtins (CAUP\, Porto)
DTSTART:20100510T120000Z
DTEND:20100510T130000Z
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CONTACT:Tasos Avgoustidis
DESCRIPTION:I will review the current status of experimental and observati
 onal searches for varying fundamental constants\, focusing on the current 
 controversy surrounding astrophysical measurements involving quasar absorp
 tion systems\, where unconfirmed claims of variations exist both for the f
 ine-structure constant and the proton-to-electron mass ratio. I will highl
 ight recent work which aims to resolve the controversy by providing a 'gol
 d standard' for this type of analysis\, and discuss future plans in this a
 rea\, particularly from ESO. Finally I will comment on the impact of these
  measurements on cosmology\, specifically as probes of the nature of dark 
 energy.
LOCATION:CMS\, Pav.B\, CTC Common Room (B1.19)
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