Optical Atomic Clocks

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Helen S. Margolis, Heiner Denker, Christian Voigt, Ludger Timmen, Jacopo Grotti, Silvio Koller, Stefan Vogt, Sebastian Häfner, Uwe Sterr, Christian Lisdat, Antoine Rolland, Fred N. Baynes, Michel Zampaolo, Pierre Thoumany, Marco Pizzocaro, Benjamin Rauf, Filippo Bregolin, Anna Tampellini, Piero Barbieri, Massimo Zucco, Giovanni A. Costanzo, Cecilia Clivati, Filippo Levi, Davide Calonico

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We discuss the relation between atomic clocks and gravity from two perspectives: gravity potential measurements for optical clock comparisons and contributions to international timescales and, conversely, the measurement of gravity potential differences using optical clocks.

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Organisation(s): Institute of Geodesy
External Organisation(s): National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM)
Politecnico di Torino (POLITO)
Type: Conference contribution
No. of pages: 2
Publication date: 2019
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Mechanics of Materials, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1364/cleo_si.2019.sm1f.3 (Access: Closed )
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Optical Atomic Clocks

From International Timekeeping to Gravity Potential Measurement

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