Towards an electronic kilogram: An improved measurement of the Planck constant and electron mass

Metrologia

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 431-441

  Steiner, Richard L ^a   Williams, Edwin R ^a   Newell, David B ^a   Liu, Ruimin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRONS;

ELECTRON MASS; JOSEPHSON CONSTANT; MASS CALIBRATIONS; PLANCK CONSTANT;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 26444601095     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/42/5/014     Document Type: Article

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