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How Accurate is a Radio Controlled Clock?

March 1, 2010
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi
This paper discusses the factors that determine the accuracy of radio controlled clocks. The topics covered including the accuracy of the time signal station, path delay, synchronization errors, and the time error that accumulates between synchronizations.

Infrared imaging method of measuring growth rate of a hydride phase

March 1, 2010
Author(s)
Zhuopeng Tan
A method of studying growth rate of hydrides using in-situ infrared imaging of wedge-shaped films is presented. Hydrogenation experiments with Pd-capped Mg-Ti films having thickness gradient of 500 nm/cm were conducted at 100 ˚C and 1-5 bar H2 gas pressure

Linking Canny Edge Pixels with Pseudo-watershed Lines

March 1, 2010
Author(s)
Javier Bernal
A method is presented for computing pseudo-watershed lines that can be used for linking pixels that have been identified as edge pixels with the Canny edge detector. An additional procedure is also described for filling breaks that may still exist between

Molecular spectroscopy with frequency combs

March 1, 2010
Author(s)
Ian R. Coddington
Pulsed femtosecond frequency combs are rapidly developing as a powerful spectroscopic tool. As a spectroscopic source stabilized frequency combs potentially offer broad spectral coverage, near perfect frequency accuracy, low timing jitter and broadband

On Walking in the Footprints of Giants

March 1, 2010
Author(s)
Marilyn E. Jacox
This chapter tells of a lifelong fascination with light, a messenger bearing information from realms ranging from the galactic to the submicroscopic. Personal interactions have shaped and informed this life journey. Accounts of some of the most important

Physics Laboratory: Activities, Accomplishments & Recognition 2008-2009

March 1, 2010
Author(s)
Jonathan E. Hardis
This report summarizes the research and measurement science carried out during 2008-2009 in the NIST Physics Laboratory. The Laboratory supports U.S. industry, government, and the scientific community by providing measurement services and research for

The wildland-urban interface fire problem - Current approaches and Research Needs

March 1, 2010
Author(s)
William E. Mell, Samuel L. Manzello, Alexander Maranghides, David T. Butry, Ronald G. Rehm
Wildfires that spread into wildland-urban interface (WUI) communities present significant challenges on a number of fronts. In the United States the WUI accounts for a significant portion of wildland fire suppression and wildland fuel treatment costs

Thin film morphology of organic electronic materials

March 1, 2010
Author(s)
Xinran Zhang, Steven Hudson, Dean DeLongchamp, David J. Gundlach
Organic electronic materials are desired for low-cost printed circuits. As expected, the microstructure of these materials is crucial for their performance, such as charge-carrier mobility. These materials typically comprise anisotropic molecules, and the

Weight Functions for Biases in Atomic Frequency Standards

March 1, 2010
Author(s)
Jon H. Shirley
Many perturbations that affect atomic frequency standards vary during the period of measurement. To include this time variation, we introduce three time-dependent weight functions built from the solution of the unperturbed equations of motion of a two

A Collection of 2D Elliptic Problems for Testing Adaptive Algorithms

February 26, 2010
Author(s)
William F. Mitchell
Adaptive grid refinement is a critical component of the improvements that have recently been made in algorithms for the numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs). The development of new algorithms and computer codes for the solution of
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