NBS Determination of the Fine-Structure Constant, and of the Quantized Hall Resistance and Josephson Frequency-to-Voltage Quotient in SI Units

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 284-289

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS--RESISTANCE; HALL EFFECT; STANDARDS;

ATOMIC MEASUREMENTS; FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANT; PLANCK CONSTANT; QUANTIZED HALL RESISTANCE; US NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS;

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0024646824     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: 15579662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.192289     Document Type: Article

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