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Varying Constants, Nuclear Physics and Unification

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The Cosmology of Extra Dimensions and Varying Fundamental Constants

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Precision measurements of gauge couplings at particle accelerators strongly suggest that the standard model fields are unified at about 1016 GeV. This talk will consist of a brief review of this evidence and also how in such a setting variations in α em lead to much larger variations in Λ QCD . I will then describe how variations in the strong force will impact upon nuclear astrophysics, considering in particular the stability of di-nucleons and stellar and primordial nucleosynthesis. (Based upon collaborations with T. Dent and with A. Csoto, H. Oberhummer and H. Schlattl.)

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    Malcolm Fairbairn

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), Centre of Mathematical Science (CMS), University of Cambridge, UK

    Carlos J. A. P. Martins

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Fairbairn, M. (2003). Varying Constants, Nuclear Physics and Unification. In: Martins, C.J.A.P. (eds) The Cosmology of Extra Dimensions and Varying Fundamental Constants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3272-7_24

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