Measurement of the Planck constant at the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 2015 to 2017

Abstract

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) have measured the value of the Planck constant to be $h=6.626069934(89)\times 10^{-34}$Js (relative standard uncertainty $13\times 10^{-9}$). The result is based on over 10000 weighings of masses with nominal values ranging from 0.5kg to 2kg with the Kibble balance NIST-4. The uncertainty has been reduced by more than twofold relative to a previous determination because of three factors: (1) a much larger data set than previously available, allowing a more realistic, and smaller, Type A evaluation; (2) a more comprehensive measurement of the back action of the weighing current on the magnet by weighing masses up to 2kg, decreasing the uncertainty associated with magnet non-linearity; (3) a rigorous investigation of the dependence of the geometric factor on the coil velocity reducing the uncertainty assigned to time-dependent leakage of current in the coil.

11 pages 5 figures, published in metrologia