A preliminary study of a torsion balance based on a spherical superconducting suspension

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 508-513

  Speake, C C ^a   Hammond, G D ^a   Trenkel, C ^a   Rochester, G K ^b   Sumner, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryogenic; Gradiometry; Gravity gradients; Superconducting suspension; Vacuum; Weak forces

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; MAGNETOMETERS; PRECISION BALANCES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); TORQUE; TORSIONAL STRESS; VACUUM;

SPHERICAL SUPERCONDUCTING SUSPENSIONS; TORSION BALANCE;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 0032673899     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/10/6/316     Document Type: Article

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