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Towards an atom interferometric determination of the Newtonian gravitational constant

Authors :
Marco Fattori
Giacomo Lamporesi
J. Stuhler
T. Petelski
Guglielmo M. Tino
Source :
Physics Letters A. 318:184-191
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2003.

Abstract

We report on progress towards an atom interferometric determination of the Newtonian gravitational constant. Free-falling laser-cooled atoms will probe the gravitational potential of nearby source masses. To reduce systematic errors, we will perform double differential measurements between two vertically separated atom clouds and with different source mass positions.

Details

ISSN :
03759601
Volume :
318
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physics Letters A
Accession number :
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