The metrology of time

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1834, 2005, Pages 2289-2305

  Arias, Elisa Felicitas ^a  

^a PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic clocks; International atomic time; Primary frequency standards; Time transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644451209     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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