• DocumentCode
    3444314
  • Title

    Cold Atom Absolute Gravimeter for the Watt Balance

  • Author

    Cheinet, P. ; Dos Santos, F. Pereira ; Petelski, T. ; Clairon, A. ; Dimarcq, N. ; Holleville, D. ; Landragin, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Obs. de Paris, BNM-SYRTE, Paris
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    38139
  • Firstpage
    60
  • Lastpage
    61
  • Abstract
    We are building a cold atom absolute gravimeter based on atom interferometry with a projected accuracy of 10-9 g. It is part of the French watt balance project intending to link the SI Kg unit to fundamental constants
  • Keywords
    atom optics; gravimeters; measurement standards; particle interferometry; French watt balance project; SI Kg unit; atom interferometry; cold atom absolute gravimeter; Acceleration; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Earth; Gravity measurement; Inertial confinement; Interferometry; Laser beams; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 2004 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8494-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-8494-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.2004.305420
  • Filename
    4097114