The variation of the fine structure constant: testing the dipole model with thermonuclear supernovae

Autores
Kraiselburd, Lucila; Landau, Susana Judith; Negrelli, Carolina Soledad; García Berro, Enrique
Año de publicación
2015
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The large-number hypothesis conjectures that fundamental constants may vary. Accordingly, the space-time variation of fundamental constants has been an active subject of research for decades. Recently, using data obtained with large telescopes a phenomenological model in which the fine structure constant might vary spatially has been proposed. We test whether this hypothetical spatial variation of α, which follows a dipole law, is compatible with the data of distant thermonuclear supernovae. Unlike previous works, in our calculations we consider not only the variation of the luminosity distance when a varying α is adopted, but we also take into account the variation of the peak luminosity of Type Ia supernovae resulting from a variation of α. This is done using an empirical relation for the peak bolometric magnitude of thermonuclear supernovae that correctly reproduces the results of detailed numerical simulations. We find that there is no significant difference between the several phenomenological models studied here and the standard one, in which α does not vary spatially. We conclude that the present set of data of Type Ia supernovae is not able to distinguish the standard model from the dipole models, and thus cannot be used to discard nor to confirm the proposed spatial variation of α.
Fil: Kraiselburd, Lucila. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: Landau, Susana Judith. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Negrelli, Carolina Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: García Berro, Enrique. Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya; España. Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya; España
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Quasars: absorption lines
Cosmology: miscellaneous
Stars: white dwarfs
Supernovae: general
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spelling The variation of the fine structure constant: testing the dipole model with thermonuclear supernovaeKraiselburd, LucilaLandau, Susana JudithNegrelli, Carolina SoledadGarcía Berro, EnriqueQuasars: absorption linesCosmology: miscellaneousStars: white dwarfsSupernovae: generalhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The large-number hypothesis conjectures that fundamental constants may vary. Accordingly, the space-time variation of fundamental constants has been an active subject of research for decades. Recently, using data obtained with large telescopes a phenomenological model in which the fine structure constant might vary spatially has been proposed. We test whether this hypothetical spatial variation of α, which follows a dipole law, is compatible with the data of distant thermonuclear supernovae. Unlike previous works, in our calculations we consider not only the variation of the luminosity distance when a varying α is adopted, but we also take into account the variation of the peak luminosity of Type Ia supernovae resulting from a variation of α. This is done using an empirical relation for the peak bolometric magnitude of thermonuclear supernovae that correctly reproduces the results of detailed numerical simulations. We find that there is no significant difference between the several phenomenological models studied here and the standard one, in which α does not vary spatially. We conclude that the present set of data of Type Ia supernovae is not able to distinguish the standard model from the dipole models, and thus cannot be used to discard nor to confirm the proposed spatial variation of α.Fil: Kraiselburd, Lucila. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; ArgentinaFil: Landau, Susana Judith. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Negrelli, Carolina Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; ArgentinaFil: García Berro, Enrique. Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya; España. Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya; EspañaSpringer2015-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/46647Kraiselburd, Lucila; Landau, Susana Judith; Negrelli, Carolina Soledad; García Berro, Enrique; The variation of the fine structure constant: testing the dipole model with thermonuclear supernovae; Springer; Astrophysics And Space Science; 357; 4-2015; 4-110004-640X1572-946XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10509-015-2325-4info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-015-2325-4info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.3418info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:08:10Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/46647instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:08:10.833CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The variation of the fine structure constant: testing the dipole model with thermonuclear supernovae
title The variation of the fine structure constant: testing the dipole model with thermonuclear supernovae
spellingShingle The variation of the fine structure constant: testing the dipole model with thermonuclear supernovae
Kraiselburd, Lucila
Quasars: absorption lines
Cosmology: miscellaneous
Stars: white dwarfs
Supernovae: general
title_short The variation of the fine structure constant: testing the dipole model with thermonuclear supernovae
title_full The variation of the fine structure constant: testing the dipole model with thermonuclear supernovae
title_fullStr The variation of the fine structure constant: testing the dipole model with thermonuclear supernovae
title_full_unstemmed The variation of the fine structure constant: testing the dipole model with thermonuclear supernovae
title_sort The variation of the fine structure constant: testing the dipole model with thermonuclear supernovae
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Kraiselburd, Lucila
Landau, Susana Judith
Negrelli, Carolina Soledad
García Berro, Enrique
author Kraiselburd, Lucila
author_facet Kraiselburd, Lucila
Landau, Susana Judith
Negrelli, Carolina Soledad
García Berro, Enrique
author_role author
author2 Landau, Susana Judith
Negrelli, Carolina Soledad
García Berro, Enrique
author2_role author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Quasars: absorption lines
Cosmology: miscellaneous
Stars: white dwarfs
Supernovae: general
topic Quasars: absorption lines
Cosmology: miscellaneous
Stars: white dwarfs
Supernovae: general
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The large-number hypothesis conjectures that fundamental constants may vary. Accordingly, the space-time variation of fundamental constants has been an active subject of research for decades. Recently, using data obtained with large telescopes a phenomenological model in which the fine structure constant might vary spatially has been proposed. We test whether this hypothetical spatial variation of α, which follows a dipole law, is compatible with the data of distant thermonuclear supernovae. Unlike previous works, in our calculations we consider not only the variation of the luminosity distance when a varying α is adopted, but we also take into account the variation of the peak luminosity of Type Ia supernovae resulting from a variation of α. This is done using an empirical relation for the peak bolometric magnitude of thermonuclear supernovae that correctly reproduces the results of detailed numerical simulations. We find that there is no significant difference between the several phenomenological models studied here and the standard one, in which α does not vary spatially. We conclude that the present set of data of Type Ia supernovae is not able to distinguish the standard model from the dipole models, and thus cannot be used to discard nor to confirm the proposed spatial variation of α.
Fil: Kraiselburd, Lucila. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: Landau, Susana Judith. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Negrelli, Carolina Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: García Berro, Enrique. Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya; España. Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya; España
description The large-number hypothesis conjectures that fundamental constants may vary. Accordingly, the space-time variation of fundamental constants has been an active subject of research for decades. Recently, using data obtained with large telescopes a phenomenological model in which the fine structure constant might vary spatially has been proposed. We test whether this hypothetical spatial variation of α, which follows a dipole law, is compatible with the data of distant thermonuclear supernovae. Unlike previous works, in our calculations we consider not only the variation of the luminosity distance when a varying α is adopted, but we also take into account the variation of the peak luminosity of Type Ia supernovae resulting from a variation of α. This is done using an empirical relation for the peak bolometric magnitude of thermonuclear supernovae that correctly reproduces the results of detailed numerical simulations. We find that there is no significant difference between the several phenomenological models studied here and the standard one, in which α does not vary spatially. We conclude that the present set of data of Type Ia supernovae is not able to distinguish the standard model from the dipole models, and thus cannot be used to discard nor to confirm the proposed spatial variation of α.
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