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A Suspended Laser Interferometer for Determining the Newtonian Constant of Gravitation

Published

Author(s)

Harold V. Parks, J E. Faller, D S. Robertson

Abstract

Progress is reported on an experiment to measure the Newtonian constnat of gravitation, G, with a suspended Fabry-Perot laser interferometer. With this technique, we measure the deflection of simple pendulums due to the gravitational attraction of tungsten masses. A result for G is expected with a relative uncertainty of 3 x 10-5.
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Volume
50
Issue
No. 2

Keywords

Fabry-Perot interferometer, gravity measurement, Newtonian constant of gravitation

Citation

Parks, H. , Faller, J. and Robertson, D. (2001), A Suspended Laser Interferometer for Determining the Newtonian Constant of Gravitation, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (Accessed April 26, 2024)
Created March 31, 2001, Updated October 12, 2021