Abstract
The Newtonian gravitational constant G is determined by means of a high-Q torsion pendulum and the time-of-swing method, in which the period of the pendulum is altered by the presence of two 6.25-kg stainless steel cylinders. The nonlinear fitting method is used to extract the frequencies from the angle-time data of the pendulum. The resulting value of G is
- Received 17 April 1998
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.59.042001
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