# Values of Delta(alpha)/alpha and corrections for possible # intra-order distortions of the wavelength scale from Murphy, Webb & # Flambaum, Proc. IAU XXVIIth General Assembly, Joint Discussion 9, # "Are the fundamental constants varying with time?". To appear in # P. Molaro, E. Vangioni-Flam, eds, Memorie della Societa Astronomica # Italiana (MmSAIt), Vol. 80, arXiv:0911.4512v1. The first three # columns specify the B1950 quasar name, the emission and absorption # redshifts. The fourth column provides the transitions used to # determine da/a in each absorber; each letter represents a transition # and the key is provided in table 2 of Murphy et al. (2003, MNRAS, # 345, 609). The fifth column is the raw value of da/a together with # the formal 1-sigma statistical error. The systematic error term, # delta(da/a)_sys ("seda" here), is non-zero only for "high-contrast" # absorbers; see text for explanation. The seventh and eighth columns # provide our estimate of the correction, da/a_corr ("corr" here), for # intra-order distortions, to be added to da/a, and the systematic # error term, delta(da/a)^corr_sys ("cseda" here), which was # calculated in the same way as delta(da/a)_sys but using the # corrected values of da/a. The final column specifies the # observational sub-samples employed: A = "Previous low-z sample" from # Murphy et al. (2003); B1 = "Previous high-z sample" from Murphy et # al. (2003); B2 = The 15 absorbers added in Murphy et al. (2004, LNP, # 648, 131); C = "New sample" from Murphy et al. (2003). 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