Comparison between two mobile absolute gravimeters: Optical versus atomic interferometers

Metrologia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages L9-L11

  Merlet, S ^a   Bodart, Q ^a   Malossi, N ^a,c   Landragin, A ^a   Pereira Dos Santos, F ^a   Gitlein, O ^b   Timmen, L ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS;

ABSOLUTE GRAVIMETER; ATOMIC INTERFEROMETERS; COLD ATOMS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; WATT BALANCE;

GRAVIMETERS;

EID: 85032640353     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/47/4/L01     Document Type: Article

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