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Time Measurement at the Millennium

Published

Author(s)

James C. Bergquist, Steven R. Jefferts, David J. Wineland

Abstract

The latest clocks use a single ion to measure time with an anticipated precision of on part in 1018
Citation
Physics Today
Volume
54
Issue
3

Citation

Bergquist, J. , Jefferts, S. and Wineland, D. (2001), Time Measurement at the Millennium, Physics Today, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=105140 (Accessed April 25, 2024)
Created March 1, 2001, Updated February 19, 2017