ÜV1 - Fundamental Constants and the New System of Units (SI)

Event
SENSOR+TEST Conferences 2011
2011-06-07 - 2011-06-09
Nürnberg
Band
SENSOR+TEST Conferences 2011
Chapter
Proceedings SENSOR 2011
Author(s)
E. Göbel - Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig (Germany)
Pages
18 - 18
DOI
10.5162/sensor11/uv1
ISBN
978-3-9810993-9-3
Price
free

Abstract

The International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) has suggested to the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) which shall meet again in autumn 2011 to consider a redefinition of the International System of Units (SI). In this new SI all the present seven base units will be defined in terms of a constant of nature. This lecture will present the proposed new SI and discuss the physics background.