Thermal noise limit on the period of a torsion pendulum

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Luo, Jie ^a   Shao, Cheng Gang ^b   Wang, Dian Hong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 70349787435     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/19/195005     Document Type: Article

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