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Optical Clocks: Better than Atomic Clocks?

05/25/2005 3:19 PM

Scientists in Japan have found a way to trap neutral atoms in an optical lattice that could result in clocks accurate to one part in 1018.
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How accurate

05/25/2005 4:01 PM

What do they need to time so accurately?

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Re:How accurate

05/26/2005 2:57 PM

It turns out there are some very interesting reasons. Check out The Science of Timekeeping for a great review of "the history of time" and ultraprecision clocks, written by some of the guys who have been involved.
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