Limits on the Variability of Physical Constants

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We have compared the frequency of high-redshift Hydrogen HI 21 cm absorption with that of associated molecular absorption in two quasars to place new (1 sigma) upper limits on any variation in y = g_p.alpha^2 (where alpha is the fine structure constant and g_p is the proton g-factor) of |Delta(y)/y| < 5.10^{-6} at redshifts z=0.25 and z=0.68.
To appear in: Structure and Evolution of the IGM from QSO Absorption Line Systems, IAP Colloquium, eds. P. Petitjean and S. Charlot, in press; 2 pages, a LaTeX file and the style file conf_iap.sty

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