An improved correlation method for determining the period of a torsion pendulum

作者:Luo Jie*; Wang Dian Hong
来源:Review of Scientific Instruments, 2008, 79(9): 094705.
DOI:10.1063/1.2981694

摘要

Considering variation of environment temperature and unhomogeneity of background gravitational field, an improved correlation method was proposed to determine the variational period of a torsion pendulum with high precision. The result of processing experimental data shows that the uncertainty of determining the period with this method has been improved about twofolds than traditional correlation method, which is significant for the determination of gravitational constant with time-of-swing method.