A dynamically regulated levitation electrometer used in a search for fractional charges
Nuclear Instruments and MethodsPublished 1 May 1974
E.D. Garris, K. O. H. Ziock
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Abstract
We have developed a levitation electrometer based on the dynamic magnetic suspension method of Beams. The electrometer was used to measure the residual charge of twelve small (0.2 mm diam.) steel balls. A charge distribution was found that was suggestive of the existence of fractional charges. The systematic errors that could have caused such a distribution are discussed.
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