On a Variation of the Proton-electron Mass Ratio
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W. UBACHS, R. BUNING, E. J. SALUMBIDES, S. HANNEMANN, H. L. BETHLEM, D. BAILLY, M. VERVLOET, L. KAPER, M. T. MURPHY Laser Centre Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands Laboratoire de Photophysique Moléculaire, Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France Synchrotron Soleil, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Instituut Anton Pannekoek, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, UK
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