Precision measurement of the gravitational constant with atom interferometry

2013 Joint European Frequency and Time Forum and International Frequency Control Symposium, EFTF/IFC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 593-598

  Tino, Guglielmo Maria ^a   Rosi, Gabriele ^a   Sorrentino, Fiodor ^a   Cacciapuoti, Luigi ^b   Prevedelli, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c Dipartimento di Fisica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM INTERFEROMETER; ATOM INTERFEROMETRY; CURRENT PERFORMANCE; GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT; GRAVITY GRADIOMETER; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; SOURCE MASS; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY;

INTERFEROMETRY;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 84893240969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EFTF-IFC.2013.6702069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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