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Coordinate time in the vicinity of the Earth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

D. W. Allan  and
N. Ashby
D. W. Allan
Affiliation:
Time and Frequency Division, National Bureau of Standards Boulder, Colorado 80303
N. Ashby
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Campus Box 390 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309

Abstract

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Atomic clock accuracies continue to improve rapidly, requiring the inclusion of general relativity for unambiguous time and frequency clock comparisons. Atomic clocks are now placed on space vehicles and there are many new applications of time and frequency metrology. This paper addresses theoretical and practical limitations in the accuracy of atomic clock comparisons arising from relativity, and demonstrates that accuracies of time and frequency comparison can approach a few picoseconds and a few parts in 1016, respectively.

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