Test of a space cold atom clock prototype in the absence of gravity

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 512-515

  Lemonde, Pierre ^a   Laurent, Philippe ^a   Simon, E ^a   Santarelli, G ^a   Clairon, A ^a   Salomon, C ^b   Dimarcq, N ^b   Petit, P ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Laboratoire de l'Horloge Atomique   (France)

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EID: 0006078525     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.769646     Document Type: Article

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