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THE possibility that fundamental nuclear constants may vary slowly while the Universe expands has been discussed by several authors1–5. I try here to show that the well known resonance properties of the ‘heavy nucleus plus slow neutron’ system make it a sensitive ‘receiver’, sharply tuned to the current values of nuclear constants.
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SHLYAKHTER, A. Direct test of the constancy of fundamental nuclear constants.Nature264, 340 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264340a0
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