The status of Johnson noise thermometry

Metrologia

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-335

  White, D R ^a   Galleano, R ^b   Actis, A ^b   Brixy, H ^c   De Groot, M ^d   Dubbeldam, J ^d   Reesink, A L ^e   Edler, F ^f   Sakurai, H ^g   Shepard, R L ^h   Gallop, J C ⁱ  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b Istituto di Metrologia Gustavo Colonnetti   (Italy)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d Nederlands Meetinstituut NMi   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^h University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOHNSON NOISE THERMOMETRY; NOISE THERMOMETERS; NYQUIST THEOREM; PLANCK CONSTANT;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HISTORY; MATERIALS; SENSORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMAL NOISE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOMETERS;

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030402423     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/33/4/6     Document Type: Article

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