Optimum positioning of attracting masses to reduce the non-linear effects in the swing-time method of measuring the gravitational constant

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 337-340

  Hu, Zhongkun ^a   Luo, Jun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Measurement of gravitational constant; Non linear effect; Torsion pendulum

Indexed keywords

PENDULUMS;

GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT; NONLINEAR EFFECT; OPTIMUM POSITIONING; TORSION PENDULUM;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 0041856334     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00924-9     Document Type: Article

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