Frequency comparison between Cs and Mg standards and stability of fundamental constants

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 261-264

  Godone, Aldo ^a   Novero, Carlo ^a   Tavella, Patrizia ^a   Brida, Giorgio ^b   Levi, Filippo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; FREQUENCY STABILITY; MAGNESIUM; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GYROMAGNETIC RATIO; REPEATABILITY;

FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

EID: 0030085671     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.481344     Document Type: Article

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