A simple pendulum laser interferometer for determining the gravitational constant

作者:Parks Harold V*; Faller James E
来源:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2014, 372(2026): 20140024.
DOI:10.1098/rsta.2014.0024

摘要

We present a detailed account of our 2004 experiment to measure the Newtonian constant of gravitation with a suspended laser interferometer. The apparatus consists of two simple pendulums hanging from a common support. Each pendulum has a length of 72 cm and their separation is 34 cm. A mirror is embedded in each pendulum bob, which then in combination form a Fabry-Perot cavity. A laser locked to the cavity measures the change in pendulum separation as the gravitational field is modulated due to the displacement of four 120 kg tungsten masses.

  • 出版日期2014-10-13