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Absolute Gravity Meter Accuracy vs Time1817: Pendulum accuracy from 10-4 (Kater)1960: Pendulum Potsdam: 10-5 (10 mGal)1967 :1967 : Faller & Dicke : White light fringes; accuracyof 10-5 (1 mGal)1972 :1972 : Hammond and Faller : laser light fringes; accuracy of 10-6 (100 µGal)1980 :1980 : Zumberge and Faller/Sakuma; accuracy of10-8 (10 µGal)1985 :1985 : Niebauer and Faller : accuracy of 5 µGal; 10 µGal in field conditions, 6 « JILAg » built.1993 :1993 : FG5 accuracy of 10-9 (1 µGal)
Historical Progress
Pendulum-Absolute Gravimeters
Simple Pendulum
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Simple Pendulum (Is it absolute?)
Measuring g requires measurement of:1. Pendulum period: Easy2. Mass of pendulum: Medium difficulty3. Position of center of mass: Difficult4. Distance between support point and
center of mass: Medium difficulty5. Moment of inertia of the pendulum: Very
difficult
Not really absolute because it is difficult to use absolute standards to measure moment of inertia.
Kater’s Pendulum:Absolute Gravity Meter
Reversible Pendulum Gravity MeterCaptain Henry Kater(1777-1835)
Reversible PendulumPendulum Elements
• Two Support Points on opposite sides of the pendulum
•Weights can be adjusted to move the center of gravity (CG)
• Fixed Support Platform
• Device adjusted until period of swing is the same for both pivot points
CG
Support Point 1
Knife EdgeContacts
Adjustable weights
L1
L2
Stopwatch
Support Point 2
Support Platform
Reversible Pendulum Equations
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Support point 2
Kater’s Reversible PendulumMeasurement requires only two measurements
Distance between pivot pointsPeriod (time)
Does not depend upon massDoes not depend upon shapeDoes not depend upon location of center of massDoes not depend upon moment of inertia
This is an example of a “good” absolute gravity measurement because a simple time and distance measurement tied to absolute standards gives a “calibrated” value for gravity. No reference is needed to any other gravity measurement.
Two Absolute Gravimeters(Royal Observatory: Madrid)
Free-Fall Laser Measurement
Drop an object and time how fast it falls.Record the time & distance pairs.Solve the equation of motion
Test Object
D1, T1
D2, T2
D3, T3
Fixed Reference
LASER
Beam Splitter
Raw Fringe
Photodiode
D1, T1 D2, T2 D3, T3
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Faller/Dicke White Light Interferometer Gravity Meter(Princeton 1963)
•First interferometer based gravimeter
•Fixed Path could be calibrated with monochromatic light
• Calibrated time and distance measurements gives absolute gravity
Detector
g
Free Falling Cat’s Eye
Fixed Mirror
White light source
Three Equal Paths for White Light Fringes (Faller/Dicke 1963)
PD
Object
FixedMirror
PD
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FixedMirror
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FixedMirror
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Case I Case II Case III
JILAg Absolute Gravimeter
Laser
g
First absolute gravimeter with multiple copies (6 units produced ca. 1985)
FG5 Gravimeter
State of the art absolute gravimeter: 2005
FG-5 Principle of OperationVacuum Chamber
Interferometer
Stationary LowerMirror
Upper Mirror
DetectorA freely falling reflective test mass is dropped in a vacuum. This causes optical fringes to be detected at the output of an interferometer. This signal is used to determine the local gravitational acceleration.
Freefalling
InterferenceLaser
FG5 Specifications
Accuracy: 2 μGal (observed agreement between FG5 instruments) Precision: at a quiet site, 10s drop interval, 15-30μGal/√Hz
~1 μGal in 3.75 minutes or 0.1 μGal in 6.25 hoursOperating dynamic range: World-Wide Operating temperature range: 15°C to 30°C
Ocean loading (+/Ocean loading (+/-- 3 3 µµgal in Brussels)gal in Brussels)
Barometric variations (Barometric variations (-- 0.3 0.3 µµgal / hPa, i.e. 9 gal / hPa, i.e. 9 µµGal Gal for a typical 30 hPa variation )for a typical 30 hPa variation )
Polar motion (+/Polar motion (+/-- 5 5 µµgal)gal)
Residuals
MeasurementsBest FitResiduals
Note: vertical scale exaggerated, normal residuals are approximately 1nm.
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Simple Statistics: “How much data should I take?”
dropsstat N/σδ =
•First, some definitions:• σ = drop scatter (standard deviation of measurements)• δstat = statistical uncertainty • δsys = systematic uncertainty (“built in” system uncertainty and model uncertainties)• δtotal = sum, in quadrature, of statistical and systematic uncertainties
22statsystotal δδδ +=
•Measure drop scatter, σ•Pick your desired statistical uncertainty, δstat •This determines Ndrops•Spread this Ndrops over a convenient number of sets.
Remember the balls & vees: only run as long as you need to!