Coordinate time in the vicinity of the Earth
Open Access
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- time scales
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Symposium - International Astronomical Union
- Vol. 114, 299-313
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s007418090014834x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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