NEWTONS GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT WITH UNCERTAINTY LESS-THAN-100 PPM

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FITZGERALD, MP
ARMSTRONG, TR
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[1] New Zealand Institute of Industrial Research, Gracefield Research Centre, Lower Hutt
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10.1109/19.377890
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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We have obtained a value for Newton's gravitational constant (coverage factor of 1) of G = 6.6656(6) x 10(-11) m(3) kg(-1).s(-2) with a combined standard uncertainty of 95 ppm. The method is based on a torsion balance which is servo-controlled to constant angular position with an electrostatically induced torque balancing the gravitationally induced torque. This electrostatically induced torque is calibrated using an acceleration method.
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