Thèse 3e cycle--Lettres--Paris X, 1979. / Bibliogr. p. 185-196. Thèse soutenue sous le titre : "Le Personnage d'Ellénore dans l'Adolphe de Constant"

Thèse--Lettres--Paris IV, 1972. / Bibliogr. p. 583-606. Index.

Thèse--Lettres--Lausanne. / Bibliogr. p. 383-405. Index. Bibliogr. p. 675-681. Index.

Texte remanié de : Dissertation : Littérature française : Universität Bonn : 1983. / Bibliogr. p. 384-409. Notes bibliogr. Index.

Inaug.-diss.--München. / Lebenslauf. "Literaturverzeichnis": [3] p. at end.

Th.--Faculté de droit--Lausanne, 1928.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of France.

Precision cosmology challenges many aspects of fundamental physics. In particular, quasar absorption lines test the assumed constancy of fundamental constants over cosmological time-scales and distances. Until recently, the most reliable technique was the alkali doublet (AD) method where the measured doublet separation probes variations in the fine-structure constant, ???? e2/??c. However, the recently introduced many-multiplet (MM) method provides several advantages, including a demonstrated ???10-fold precision gain. This thesis presents detailed MM analyses of 3 independent Keck/HIRES samples containing 128 absorption systems with 0.2 &gt zabs &gt 3.7. We find 5.6 ?? statistical evidence for a smaller ?? in the absorption clouds: ????/?? = (-0.574 ?? 0.102) x 10-5. All three samples separately yield consistent, significant ????/??. The data marginally prefer constant d??/dt rather than constant ????/??. The two-point correlation function for ?? and the angular distribution of ????/?? give no evidence for spatial variations. We also analyse 21 Keck/HIRES Si iv doublets, obtaining a 3-fold relative precision gain over previous AD studies: ????/?? = (-0.5 ?? 1.3) x 10-5 for 2.0 &gt zabs &gt 3.1. Our statistical evidence for varying ?? requires careful consideration of systematic errors. Modelling demonstrates that atmospheric dispersion is potentially important. However, the quasar spectra suggest a negligible effect on ????/??. Cosmological variation in Mg isotopic abundances may affect ????/?? at zabs &gt 1.8. Galactic observations and theory suggest diminished 25;26Mg abundances in the low metallicity quasar absorbers. Removing 25;26Mg isotopes yields more negative ????/?? values. Overall, known systematic errors can not explain our results. We also constrain variations in y ?? ?? 2gp, comparing H i 21-cm and millimetrewave molecular absorption in 2 systems. Fitting both the H i and molecular lines yields the tightest, most reliable current constraints: ??y/y = (-0.20??0.44)x10-5 and (-0.16??0.54)x10-5 at zabs = 0.2467 and 0.6847 respectively. Possible line-ofsight velocity differences between the H i and molecular absorbing regions dominate these 1 ?? errors. A larger sample of mm/H i comparisons is required to reliably quantify this uncertainty and provide a potentially crucial check on the MM result.

Proefschrift--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2003. / Bibliogr. p. 316-327. Résumé en anglais.

Dissertation--Hamburg--Universität der Bundeswehr, 2001. / Bibliogr. p. 245-254.