Issues

 / 

2003

 / 

January

  

Methodological notes


Adolescent years of experimental physics


Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Leninskie Gory 1 build. 2, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

Examples of outstanding achievements in several fields of experimental physics over the past fifty years are presented. It is argued that a considerable sensitivity margin exists for experiments involving the measurement of small displacements, forces (accelerations), and frequency shifts. Achievements expected in a number of experimental programs over the next twenty years are listed.

Fulltext pdf (319 KB)
Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.1070/PU2003v046n01ABEH001316
PACS: 03.65.Ta, 04.30.−w, 04.80.Nn, 06.20.−f, 06.30.−k, 95.55.Ym (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU2003v046n01ABEH001316
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2003/1/e/
000183153400005
Citation: Braginskii V B "Adolescent years of experimental physics" Phys. Usp. 46 81–87 (2003)
BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks

Оригинал: Брагинский В Б «Отрочество экспериментальной физики» УФН 173 89–96 (2003); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0173.200301f.0089

References (55) ↓ Cited by (12) Similar articles (18)

  1. Ginzburg V L O Nauke, o Sebe i o Drugikh (About Science, Myself, and Others) 3rd ed. (Moscow: Fizmatlit, 2002)
  2. Jones R V, Richards J C J. Sci. Instrum. 36 90 (1959)
  3. Javan A, in Lasers and Applications (Ed. W S C Chang, Columbus, OH: Engineering Experiment Station, Ohio State Univ., 1963)
  4. Abramovici A et al. Phys. Lett. A 218 157 (1996)
  5. Braginskii V B, Panov V I Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 61 873 (1971) [Sov. Phys. JETP 34 463 (1972)]
  6. Adelberger E G et al. Phys. Rev. D 42 3267 (1990)
  7. Vessot R F C, Levine M W, in Intern. Meeting on Experimental Gravitation, Pavia, 1976 (Atti dei Convegni Lincei, Vol. 34, Ed. B Bertotti, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1977) p. 371
  8. Reasenberg R D, Shapiro I I Acta Austronaut. 9 103 (1982)
  9. Williams J G et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 36 551 (1976)
  10. Shapiro I I, Counselman III C C, King R W Phys. Rev. Lett. 36 555 (1976)
  11. Rempe G et al. Opt. Lett. 17 363 (1992); Kimble H J (private communication)
  12. Gillespie A, Raab F Phys. Rev. D 52 577 (1995)
  13. Levin Yu Phys. Rev. D 57 659 (1998)
  14. Braginsky V B, Levin Yu, Vyatchanin S P Meas. Sci. Technol. 10 598 (1999)
  15. Ageev A Yu, Penn S D, Saulson P R (in press)
  16. Abramovici A et al. Science 256 325 (1992)
  17. Braginskii V B, Mitrofanov V P, Tokmakov K V Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk Ser. Fiz. 64 1671 (2000) [Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 64 1333 (2000)]
  18. Braginsky V B, Gorodetsky M L, Vyatchanin S P Phys. Lett. A 264 1 (1999)
  19. Liu Yu T, Thorne K S Phys. Rev. D (submitted)
  20. Braginsky V B, Gorodetsky M L, Vyatchanin S P Phys. Lett. A 271 303 (2000)
  21. Braginskii V B Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 53 1434 (1967) [Sov. Phys. JETP 26 831 (1968)]
  22. Braginsky V B, Khalili F Ya Rev. Mod. Phys. 68 1 (1996)
  23. Braginsky V B, Khalili F Ya Quantum Measurement (Ed. K S Thorne, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992)
  24. Millikan R A Electrons, Protons, Photons, Neutrons, and Cosmic Rays (Cambridge: The Univ. Press, 1939)
  25. Braginsky V B, Kornienko L S, Poloskov S S Phys. Lett. B 33 613 (1970)
  26. Braginskii V B, Vorontsov Yu I, Khalili F Ya Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 73 1340 (1977) [Sov. Phys. JETP 46 705 (1977)]
  27. Thorne K S et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 40 667 (1978)
  28. Braginskii V B, Vorontsov Yu I, Khalili F Ya Pis’ma Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 27 296 (1978) [JETP Lett. 27 277 (1978)]
  29. Vyatchanin S P Phys. Lett. A 239 201 (1998)
  30. Grangier P, Levenson J A, Poizat J-P Nature 396 537 (1998)
  31. Nogues G et al. Nature 400 239 (1999)
  32. Braginsky V B, Khalily F Ya Phys. Lett. A 218 167 (1996); Braginsky V B, Gorodetsky M L, Khalili F Ya Phys. Lett. A 232 340 (1997)
  33. Braginsky V B et al. Phys. Rev. D 61 044002 (2000)
  34. Buonanno A, Chen Y Phys. Rev. D 64 042006 (2001)
  35. Khalili F Ya Phys. Lett. A 288 251 (2001)
  36. Kimble H J et al. Phys. Rev. D 65 022002 (2002)
  37. Braginsky V B, Khalili F Ya, Volikov P S Phys. Lett. A 287 31 (2001)
  38. Bershtein I L Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR. Ser. Fiz. 14 145 (1950)
  39. Braginskii V B, Vyatchanin S P Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 74 828 (1978) [Sov. Phys. JETP 47 433 (1978)]
  40. Braginskii V B, Vyatchanin S P, Panov V I Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 247 583 (1979) [Sov. Phys. Dokl. 24 562 (1979)]
  41. Braginskii V B Usp. Fiz. Nauk 170 743 (2000) [Phys. Usp. 43 691 (2000)]
  42. Thorne K S Vestnik Ross. Akad. Nauk 71 587 (2001) [Herald Russ. Acad. Sci. 71 375 (2001)]
  43. DeBra D, in Proc. Int. Conf. on Experimental Tests of Gravitational Theories, Caltech, November 1, 1971, JPL Technical Memorandum, 33–499 (1971)
  44. Varcoe B T H et al. Nature 403 743 (2000)
  45. Hood C J et al. Science 287 1447 (2000)
  46. Karlsson E B, Lovesey S W Phys. Rev. A 61 062714 (2000)
  47. Pukhov A J. Plasma Phys. 61 425 (1999)
  48. Gahn C et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 4772 (1999)
  49. Kardashev N S, Pariiskii Yu N, Umarbaeva N D Izv. Spetsial’noi Astrofiz. Observ. (5) 16 (1973)
  50. Novikov I D Usp. Fiz. Nauk 171 859 (2001) [Phys. Usp. 44 817 (2001)]
  51. Braginsky V B, in Quantum Physics, Chaos Theory, and Cosmology (Eds M Namiki et al., Woodbury, NY: American Institute of Physics, 1996) p. 93
  52. Rubakov V A Usp. Fiz. Nauk 171 913 (2001) [Phys. Usp. 44 871 (2001)]
  53. Milgrom M Astrophys. J. 270 365, 371, 384 (1983); Ann. Phys. (New York) 229 384 (1994)
  54. Ginzburg V L O Fizike i Astrofizike (About Physics and Astrophysics, Moscow: Byuro Kvantum, 1995) [Translated into English: The Physics of a Lifetime. Reflections on the Problems and Personalities of 20th Century Physics (Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2001)]
  55. Hawking S W Phys. Rev. D 37 904 (1988)

© 1918–2024 Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk
Email: ufn@ufn.ru Editorial office contacts About the journal Terms and conditions