Subject: [Depfis] New International System of Units in 2018

From: Silvina Ponce Dawson <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:44:52 -0300

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From: Jason Gallas <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 10:55 AM
Subject: New International System of Units in 2018
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An introduction to the New SI
Sandra Knotts <http://arxiv.org/find/physics/1/au:+Knotts_S/0/1/0/all/0/1>,
Peter
J. Mohr <http://arxiv.org/find/physics/1/au:+Mohr_P/0/1/0/all/0/1>, William
D. Phillips <http://arxiv.org/find/physics/1/au:+Phillips_W/0/1/0/all/0/1>
(Submitted on 11 Mar 2015)

http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.03496

 Plans are underway to redefine the International System of Units (SI)
around 2018. The New SI specifies the values of certain physical constants
to define units. This article explains the New SI in a way that could be
used to present it to high-school physics classes.

for those who forgot:
bill phillips got the Nobel Prize in 1997:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Daniel_Phillips

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Silvina Ponce Dawson
Depto Fisica e IFIBA-CONICET
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