• DocumentCode
    2747229
  • Title

    The BIPM G experiment Mk II

  • Author

    Quinn, Terry ; Parks, Harold ; Speake, Clive ; Davis, Richard

  • Author_Institution
    BIPM, Sevres, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    1-6 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    210
  • Lastpage
    211
  • Abstract
    This paper describes new work on the BIPM G experiment carried out since publication of the first results in 2001. The apparatus has been completely rebuilt and extensive tests carried out on the key parameters needed to produce a new value for G. The basic principles of the experiment remain the same, namely a torsion balance suspended from a wide thin Be-Cu strip with two modes of operation, free deflection and electrostatic servo-control. These two methods are substantially independent of each other. A new result for G will be presented at the CPEM.
  • Keywords
    balances; beryllium alloys; copper alloys; gravitational constant; measurement standards; servomechanisms; BIPM G experiment; Be-Cu; CPEM; Mk II experiment; torsion balance; Calibration; Electrostatics; Laboratories; Systematics; Temperature measurement; Torque; Uncertainty; Fundamental constants; G; Gravity; Newtonian constant; Torsion balance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • ISSN
    0589-1485
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0439-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.2012.6250876
  • Filename
    6250876