A nanonewton force facility and a novel method for measurements of the air and vacuum permittivity at zero frequencies

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Nesterov, Vladimir ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disk pendulum; Dispersion of the vacuum; Electrostatic stiffness reduction; Nanonewton; Permittivity of the vacuum

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; ELECTROSTATICS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PENDULUMS; PERMITTIVITY; STIFFNESS;

ELECTROSTATIC STIFFNESS; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; HORIZONTAL FORCES; MEASURING SYSTEMS; NANONEWTON; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350701808     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/8/084012     Document Type: Article

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