Sentence examples for test masses from inspiring English sources

It must shield two metal cubes, known as test masses, from all external forces.

But only by sending LISA Pathfinder into a space, where the test masses can float freely, can the success of the engineering be tested.

Eötvös also suggested that the attraction of the Sun upon test masses could be compared with the inertial forces of Earth's orbital motion about the Sun.

The test masses are suspended by stable superconducting magnetic levitation.

For the free fall of macroscopic test masses it is important to start with precisely defined starting conditions concerning the positions and velocities of the test masses.

Two separate superconducting circuits couple the axial displacements of the test masses to two SQUIDs.

This is why GG is now proposed with a single pair of test masses.

The test masses are cooled to < 2K and are supported by frictionless, superconducting, linear bearings.

The test masses are cooled to less than 2K and are supported by frictionless superconducting bearings.

Relative motion between the test masses is measured by ultra-sensitive SQUID position detectors.

In STEP two or more test masses "fall" around the earth in a drag free satellite.