Gravitational Experiments in the Laboratory

Klappentext An account of the experiments used to explore the nature of universal gravitation that can be performed in a laboratory. Zusammenfassung This book provides an up-to-date account of the design! problems! and performance of the precise experiments used to explore the nature of universal gravitation that can be performed in a terrestrial laboratory. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The linear oscillator driven by thermal noise and with electrical damping; 3. External sources of noise, and design of experiments; 4. The weak principle of equivalence; 5. Verification of the weak principle of equivalence for free particles; 6. Newtonian attractors of extended bodies; 7. Experimental tests of the inverse square law; 8. The constant of gravitation; 9. Conclusion; References; Index.

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• Authors: Y T Chen, Y. T. Chen, Y. T. (Universiti Malaya) Cook Chen, Ying Tian Cook Chen, Chen Y. T., Alan Cook
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1993
• EAN: 9780521391719
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39171-9
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear, SCIENCE / Mechanics / General, Nuclear physics