Perturbations of the local gravity field due to mass distribution on precise measuring instruments: A numerical method applied to a cold atom gravimeter

Metrologia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 299-305

  D'Agostino, G ^a   Merlet, S ^b   Landragin, A ^b   Pereira Dos Santos, F ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD ATOMS; EARTH'S GRAVITATIONAL FIELD; FEM SIMULATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; GRAVITY FIELD; MASS DENSITIES; MASS DISTRIBUTION; PERTURBATIVE TREATMENT; PRECISE MEASURING; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY;

DENSITY MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVIMETERS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SAILING VESSELS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 80053205322     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/48/5/009     Document Type: Article

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