Source mass and positioning system for an accurate measurement of G |
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Authors: | Lamporesi G Bertoldi A Cecchetti A Duhlach B Fattori M Malengo A Pettorruso S Prevedelli M Tino G M |
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Affiliation: | LENS, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Firenze and INFN-Sezione di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze , Italy. |
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Abstract: | We report on a system of well-characterized source masses and their precision positioning system for a measurement of the Newtonian gravitational constant G using atoms as probes. The masses are 24 cylinders of 50 mm nominal radius, 150.2 mm nominal height, and mass of about 21.5 kg, sintered starting from a mixture of 95.3% W, 3.2% Ni, and 1.5% Cu. Density homogeneity and cylindrical geometry have been carefully investigated. The positioning system independently moves two groups of 12 cylinders along the vertical direction by tens of centimeters with a reproducibility of a few microns. The whole system is compatible with a resolution DeltaG/G<10(-4). |
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