Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana Vol. 80 n. 4, 2009

	Are the fundamental constants varying in space-time? Joint Discussion 9, IAU General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, August 10-11, 2009 Editors: P. Molaro and E. Vangioni

	Index						p. 749
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	Foreword						p. 752
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Theoretical aspects
	K.A. Olive Variable constants - A theoretical overview						p. 754
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	J.P. Uzan Fundamental constants, general relativity and cosmology						p. 762
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	L. Kraiselburd, M.M. Mileer Bertolami, P. Sisterna and H. Vucetich Energy conservation and constants variation						p. 770
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	J. Racker, P. Sisterna and H. Vucetich Thermodynamics in variable speed of light theories						p. 774
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	Y. Fujii Accelerating universe and the time-dependent fine-structure constant						p. 780
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	N.J. Nunes, T. Dent, C.J.A.P. Martins and G. Robbers Reconstructing the evolution of dark energy with variations of fundamental parameters						p. 785
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	D.J. Shaw and J.D. Barrow Varying constants: constraints from seasonal variations						p. 791
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	J.C. Berengut, V.A. Dzuba, V.V. Flambaun, J.A. King, M.G. Kozlov, M.T. Murphy and J.K. Webb Searching for space-time variation of the fine structure constant using QSO spectra: overview and future prospects						p. 795
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Astronomical bounds
	K.A. Olive The effects of coupling variations on BBN						p. 802
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	A. Coc, S. Ekström, P. Descouvemont, G. Meynet, K. A. Olive, J.Ph. Uzan and E. Vangioni Constraints on the variations of fundamental couplings by stellar models						p. 809
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	C.G. Scoccola, S.J. Landau and H. Vucetich WMAP 5-year constraints on time variation of α and  me						p. 814
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	J. Isern, E. Garcia Berro and P. Loren Aguilar SNIa, white dwarfs and the variation of the gravitational constant						p. 820
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	R. Khatri and B.D. Wandelt 21 cm radiation: a new probe of fundamental physics						p. 824
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	A. Reisenegger, P. Jofré and R. Fernandez Constraining a possible time-variation of the gravitational constant through ``gravitochemical heating'' of neutron stars						p. 829
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QSO's observations
	M.T. Murphy, J.K. Webb and V. Flambaum Keck constraints on a varying fine-structure constant: wavelength calibration errors						p. 833
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	R Srianand, P.Petitjean, H.Chand, P.Noterdaeme and N.Gupta Probing the variation of fundamental constants using QSO absorption lines						p. 842
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	S.A. Levshakov, I.I. Agafonova, P. Molaro and D. Reimers Spatial and temporal variations of fundamental constants						p. 850
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	P. Petitjean, P. Noterdaeme, R. Srianand, C. Ledoux, A. Ivanchik and N. Gupta Searching for places where to test the variations of fundamental constants						p. 859
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	J.A. King, D.J. Mortlock, J.K. Webb and M.T. Murphy Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods applied to measuring the fine structure constant from quasar spectroscopy						p. 864
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	R. Thompson Observational determinations of the proton to electron mass ratio in the early Universe						p. 870
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	M. Wendt, D. Reimers and P. Molaro Cosmological observations to shed light on possible variations						p. 876
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	A.L. Malec, R. Buning, M.T. Murphy, N. Milutinovic, S.L. Ellison, J.X. Prochaska, L. Kaper, J. Tumlinson, R.F. Carswell and W. Ubachs New limit on a varying proton-to-electron mass ratio from high-resolution optical quasar spectra						p. 882
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	F. Combes Radio measurements of constant variation, and perspectives with ALMA						p. 888
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	N. Kanekar Probing fundamental constant evolution with radio spectroscopy						p. 895
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	M.G. Kozlov, A.V. Lapinov and S.A. Levshakov Sensitivity of microwave and FIR spectra to variation of fundamental constants						p. 901
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	A. Vecchiato, M. Gai, P. Donati, R. Morbidelli, M. Crosta and G. Lattanzi GAME						p. 905
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	P. Molaro New spectrographs for the VLT and E-ELT suited for the measurement of fundamental constants						p. 912
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Posters
	L. Kraiselburd and H. Vucetich The breaking of the equivalence principle in theories with varying α						p. 918
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	R.S. Goncalves, J.S. Alcaniz, A. Dev and D. Jain Constraining dark matter-dark energy interaction with gas mass fraction in galaxy clusters						p. 921
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	I. Olivares-Salaverri and M.B. Ribeiro Cosmological models and the brightness profile of distant galaxies						p. 925
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	M. Centurion, P. Molaro and S.A. Levshakov Calibration issues in δα/α						p. 929
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	J.S. Alcaniz* Transient cosmic acceleration						p. 933
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*Due to technical problems this paper is reproduced here instead at the end of theoretical section

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