Fundamental physical constants: Their role in physics and metrology and recommended values

Physics-Uspekhi

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-280

  Karshenboim S G ^a,b  

^a D I MENDELEYEV INSTITUTE FOR METROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MEASUREMENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CENTIMETER-GRAM-SECOND (CGS); INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI); PHYSICAL CONSTANTS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS (QED);

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 21744437360     PISSN: 10637869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1070/PU2005v048n03ABEH002053     Document Type: Review

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