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A trapped ion atomic clock in space

Nature Reviews Physics volume 3, page 460 (2021)Cite this article

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Two years ago the Deep-Space Atomic Clock (DSAC) was launched into space. Writing in Nature, Eric Burt and colleagues now report the results from its first year of operation, demonstrating a long-term stability that exceeds the current performance of other space clocks, such as caesium or rubidium frequency standards or hydrogen masers, by an order of magnitude.

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Georgescu, I. A trapped ion atomic clock in space. Nat Rev Phys 3, 460 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-021-00342-1

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