Sensitive gravity-gradiometry with atom interferometry: Progress towards an improved determination of the gravitational constant

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sorrentino, F ^a,d   Lien, Y H ^a   Rosi, G ^a   Cacciapuoti, L ^b   Prevedelli, M ^c   Tino, G M ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER COOLING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ATOM INTERFEROMETRY; GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT; GRAVITY GRADIOMETER; GRAVITY GRADIOMETRY; LASER COOLED RUBIDIUM ATOMS; LONG TERM STABILITY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PRECISE DETERMINATIONS;

ATOM LASERS;

EID: 77958601253     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/9/095009     Document Type: Article

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