Measuring the Newtonian constant of gravitation G with an atomic interferometer

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 2026, 2014, Pages

  Prevedelli, M ^a   Cacciapuoti, L ^b   Rosi, G ^c   Sorrentino, F ^c   Tino, G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic gradiometer; Cold atoms; Gravitational constant

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; INTERFEROMETRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC GRADIOMETER; ATOMIC INTERFEROMETERS; ATOMIC INTERFEROMETRY; COLD ATOMS; GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY;

ATOMS;

EID: 84907260808     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0030     Document Type: Article

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