Abstract
The ratio of Panck's constant to the observable Cooper-pair mass () is determined directly using a rotating superconducting ring by measuring the London moment flux , where is the area bounded by the ring, in units of the flux quantum (). The flux in the ring is zero for a set of rotation frequencies which are equally spaced by , and . We have measured and with a precision of 5 ppm and an accuracy of 21 ppm. Our result for niobium, , disagrees with theoretical predictions of 0.999 992.
- Received 5 December 1988
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.845
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