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<journal-id>0185-1101</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de astronomía y astrofísica]]></journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Simple Model with Time-Varying Fine-Structure "Constant"]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Berman]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Albert Einstein  ]]></institution>
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<volume>45</volume>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0185-11012009000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0185-11012009000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0185-11012009000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Como una extensión del trabajo publicado con L.A. Trevisan, estudiamos la generalización de la LNH de Dirac, de tal manera que la variación en el tiempo de la constante de la estructura fina debida a variaciones en la permitividad eléctrica y magnética queda incluida al igual que otras variaciones (las "constantes" gravitatoria y cosmológica, etc.). Consideramos el Universo presente y también un escenario inflacionario. La rotación del Universo puede considerarse en el modelo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Extending the original version written in colaboration with L.A. Trevisan, we study the generalisation of Dirac's LNH, so that time-variation of the fine-structure constant, due to varying electrical and magnetic permittivities is included along with other variations (cosmological and gravitational "constants"), etc. We consider the present Universe, and also an inflationary scenario. Rotation of the Universe is a given possibility in this model.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>Simple Model with Time&#150;Varying Fine&#150;Structure &quot;Constant&quot;</b></font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Marcelo Samuel Berman</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i>Instituto Albert Einstein, Av. Candido Hartmann, 575, No. 17, 80730-440, Curitiba-PR, Brazil. (<a href="mailto:msberman@institutoalberteinstein.org">msberman@institutoalberteinstein.org</a>).</i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Received 2009 March 2    <br>   Accepted 2009 May 11</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>RESUMEN</b></font></p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Como una extensi&oacute;n del trabajo publicado con L.A. Trevisan, estudiamos la generalizaci&oacute;n de la LNH de Dirac, de tal manera que la variaci&oacute;n en el tiempo de la constante de la estructura fina debida a variaciones en la permitividad el&eacute;ctrica y magn&eacute;tica queda incluida al igual que otras variaciones (las "constantes" gravitatoria y cosmol&oacute;gica, etc.). Consideramos el Universo presente y tambi&eacute;n un escenario inflacionario. La rotaci&oacute;n del Universo puede considerarse en el modelo.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>ABSTRACT</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Extending the original version written in colaboration with L.A. Trevisan, we study the generalisation of Dirac's LNH, so that time&#150;variation of the fine&#150;structure constant, due to varying electrical and magnetic permittivities is included along with other variations (cosmological and gravitational "constants"), etc. We consider the present Universe, and also an inflationary scenario. Rotation of the Universe is a given possibility in this model.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b><i>Key Words: </i></b>cosmology: theory.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><a href="/pdf/rmaa/v45n2/v45n2a2.pdf" target="_blank">DESCARGAR ART&Iacute;CULO EN FORMATO PDF</a> </font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>REFERENCES</b></font></p>     <!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Albrecht, A., &amp; Magueijo, J.  1999, Phys. Rev.  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