A Johnson noise thermometer with traceability to electrical standards

Metrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 409-415

  Callegaro, Luca ^a   D'Elia, Vincenzo ^a   Pisani, Marco ^a   Pollarolo, Alessio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC VOLTAGE STANDARD; BOLTZMANN CONSTANTS; COMBINED UNCERTAINTY; CORRELATION SPECTRA; DIGITAL SYNTHESIS; ELECTRICAL STANDARDS; ENERGY UNITS; JOHNSON NOISE; PSEUDO-RANDOM NOISE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STANDARD PLATINUM RESISTANCE THERMOMETERS; THERMODYNAMIC TEMPERATURE; TRIPLE POINT OF WATERS;

PLATINUM; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

THERMOMETERS;

EID: 70350652193     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/46/5/004     Document Type: Article

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