Alternative analyses of measurements of the Planck constant

Metrologia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 567-571

  Toman, Blaza ^a   Fischer, Joachim ^b   Elster, Clemens ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCONSISTENT DATA; PLANCK CONSTANTS; RATIO METHOD; STATISTICAL MODELS;

METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 84863906449     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/49/4/567     Document Type: Article

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