How do you measure mass with high precision? This is not an easy question, as it is very difficult to measure the weight of something with the same ultra-high precision with which atomic clocks measure time. To this day, the kilogram is defined by a piece of metal made of platinum and iridium that is stored in Paris. [...]
Lan, S., Kuan, P., Estey, B., English, D., Brown, J., Hohensee, M. & Muller, H. (2013). A Clock Directly Linking Time to a Particle's Mass, Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.1230767
Tags
Comments
Log in to leave a comment

