Reconstruction of the Instantaneous Earth Rotation Vector with Sub-Arcsecond Resolution Using a Large Scale Ring Laser Array

André Gebauer; Monika Tercjak; Karl Ulrich Schreiber; Heiner Igel; Jan Kodet; Urs Hugentobler; Joachim Wassermann; Felix Bernauer; Chin Jen Lin; Stefanie Donner; Sven Egdorf; Andrea Simonelli; Jon Paul R. Wells

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.033605

Reconstruction of the Instantaneous Earth Rotation Vector with Sub-Arcsecond Resolution Using a Large Scale Ring Laser Array

André Gebauer, Monika Tercjak, Karl Ulrich Schreiber, Heiner Igel, Jan Kodet, Urs Hugentobler, Joachim Wassermann, Felix Bernauer, Chin Jen Lin, Stefanie Donner, Sven Egdorf, Andrea Simonelli, Jon Paul R. Wells

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Absolute rotation rate sensing with extreme sensitivity requires a combination of several large scale gyroscopes in order to obtain the full vector of rotation. We report on the construction and operation of a four-component, tetrahedral laser gyroscope array as large as a five story building and situated in a near surface, underground laboratory. It is demonstrated that reconstruction of the full Earth rotation vector can be achieved with sub-arcsecond resolution over more than six weeks.

Original language	English
Article number	033605
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	125
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.033605
State	Published - 17 Jul 2020

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Gebauer, A., Tercjak, M., Schreiber, K. U., Igel, H., Kodet, J., Hugentobler, U., Wassermann, J., Bernauer, F., Lin, C. J., Donner, S., Egdorf, S., Simonelli, A., & Wells, J. P. R. (2020). Reconstruction of the Instantaneous Earth Rotation Vector with Sub-Arcsecond Resolution Using a Large Scale Ring Laser Array. Physical Review Letters, 125(3), Article 033605. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.033605

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Reconstruction of the Instantaneous Earth Rotation Vector with Sub-Arcsecond Resolution Using a Large Scale Ring Laser Array

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