• DocumentCode
    1471318
  • Title

    A suspended laser interferometer for determining the Newtonian constant of gravitation

  • Author

    Parks, Harold V. ; Faller, James E. ; Robertson, Douglas S.

  • Author_Institution
    Joint Inst. for Lab. Astrophys., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    598
  • Lastpage
    600
  • Abstract
    Progress is reported on an experiment to measure the Newtonian constant of gravitation G with a suspended Fabry-Perot laser interferometer. With this technique, we measure the deflection of simple pendulums due to the gravitational attraction of tungsten masses. A result for G is expected with a relative uncertainty of 3×10-5
  • Keywords
    Fabry-Perot interferometers; gravitational constant; measurement uncertainty; pendulums; Newtonian constant of gravitation; deflection; gravitational attraction; pendulums; relative uncertainty; suspended Fabry-Perot laser interferometer; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gravity measurement; Helium; Laboratories; Laser transitions; Microwave measurements; Testing; Tungsten; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/19.918200
  • Filename
    918200
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1471318