• DocumentCode
    2658812
  • Title

    An ensemble of atomic fountains

  • Author

    Peil, Steven ; Crane, Scott ; Hanssen, James ; Swanson, Thomas B. ; Ekstrom, Christopher R.

  • Author_Institution
    Clock Dev. Div., United States Naval Obs., Washington, DC, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    21-24 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Four rubidium fountains have been in operation for the past 1.2 years at USNO. Individual fountain performance, applications to timekeeping and to tests of Local Position Invariance are presented.
  • Keywords
    atomic clocks; rubidium; Ru; USNO; atomic fountain ensemble; fountain performance; local position invariance; rubidium fountains; Atomic clocks; Atomic measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency measurement; Hydrogen; Masers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frequency Control Symposium (FCS), 2012 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • ISSN
    1075-6787
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1821-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FCS.2012.6243667
  • Filename
    6243667
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2658812