Distribution of film thickness coated on the pendulum of measuring the Newton gravitational constant G is determined with a weighing method by means of a precision mass comparator. The experimental result shows that t...Distribution of film thickness coated on the pendulum of measuring the Newton gravitational constant G is determined with a weighing method by means of a precision mass comparator. The experimental result shows that the gold film on the pendulum will contribute a correction of -24.3 ppm to our G measurement with an uncertainty of 4.3 ppm, which is significant for improving the G value with high precision.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2003CB716300, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 10121503.
文摘Distribution of film thickness coated on the pendulum of measuring the Newton gravitational constant G is determined with a weighing method by means of a precision mass comparator. The experimental result shows that the gold film on the pendulum will contribute a correction of -24.3 ppm to our G measurement with an uncertainty of 4.3 ppm, which is significant for improving the G value with high precision.