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20102022
most citedAn accurate determination of the Avogadro constant by counting the atoms in a 28Si crystal

220 citations · 626 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

physics.ins-det2022★ 6 cited

Three-dimensional model of a split-crystal x-ray and neutron interferometer

Carlo Paolo Sasso, Giovanni Mana, Enrico Massa

The observation of neutron interference by using a crystal interferometer having a separate analyser opens the way to the construction and operation of interferometers with vast ar…

physics.ins-det2022★ 9 cited

Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer

Hartmut Lemmel, Michael Jentschel, Hartmut Abele +5

We report the first successful operation of a neutron interferometer having a separate beam recombining crystal. We achieved this result at the neutron interferometry setup S18 at…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

Progress on the Astrometric Gravitation Probe design

Mario Gai, Alberto Vecchiato, Alberto Riva +13

The Astrometric Gravitation Probe mission is a modern version of the 1919 Dyson-Eddington-Davidson experiment, based on a space-borne telescope with a permanent built-in eclipse, p…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 4 cited

The ASTRA project: a doorway to future astrometry

Mario Gai, Zhaoxiang Qi, Mario G. Lattanzi +15

Astrometric Science and Technology Roadmap for Astrophysics (ASTRA) is a bilateral cooperation between China and Italy with the goal of consolidating astrometric measurement concep…

physics.data-an2021★ 6 cited

Interlaboratory consensus building challenge

Giovanni Mana

The manuscript is about an interlaboratory comparison which involved eleven metrology institutes. It comprises four tasks: i) deriving a consensus value from these results; ii) eva…

physics.app-ph2020★ 4 cited

X-ray phase contrast topography to measure the surface stress and bulk strain in a silicon crystal

Enrico Massa, Carlo Paolo Sasso, Matteo Fretto +2

The measurement of the Si lattice parameter by x-ray interferometry assumes the use of strain-free crystals, which might not be true because of intrinsic stresses due to surface re…