NBS determination of the fine-structure constant, and of the quantized Hall resistance and Josephson frequency-to-voltage quotient in SI units

Author

Cage, M.E. ; Dziuba, Ronald F. ; Elmquist, Randolph E. ; Field, Bruce F. ; Jones, George R. ; Olsen, P. Thomas ; Phillips, William D. ; Shields, J.Q. ; Steiner, R.L. ; Taylor, Barry N. ; Williams, Edwin R.

Author_Institution

NBS, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Volume

38

Issue

2

fYear

1989

fDate

4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

284

Lastpage

289

Abstract

Results of US National Bureau of Standards (NBS) experiments to realize the ohm and the watt, to determine the proton gyromagnetic ratio by the low-field method, to determine the time dependence of the NBS representation of the ohm using the quantum Hall effect, and to maintain the NBS representation of the volt using the Josephson effect, are appropriately combined to obtain an accurate value of the fine-structure constant and of the quantized Hall resistance in SI units, and values in SI units of the Josephson frequency-to-voltage quotient, Planck constant and elementary charge

Keywords

Josephson effect; constants; electric resistance measurement; units (measurement); voltage measurement; Josephson frequency-to-voltage quotient; NBS; Planck constant; SI units; elementary charge; fine-structure constant; low-field method; ohm; proton gyromagnetic ratio; quantized Hall resistance; quantum Hall effect; watt; Electric variables measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Equations; Frequency; Gyromagnetism; Hall effect; NIST; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Protons; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.192289

Filename

192289