Test of relativistic time dilation with fast optical atomic clocks at different velocities

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 861-864

  Reinhardt, Sascha ^a   Saathoff, Guido ^a   Buhr, Henrik ^a   Carlson, Lars A ^a   Wolf, Andreas ^a   Schwalm, Dirk ^a   Karpuk, Sergei ^b   Novotny, Christian ^b   Huber, Gerhard ^b   Zimmermann, Marcus ^c   Holzwarth, Ronald ^c   Udem, Thomas ^c   Hänsch, Theodor W ^c   Gwinner, Gerald ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; RELATIVITY;

FREQUENCY COMBS; ION STORAGE; OPTICAL ATOMIC CLOCKS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; REFERENCE FRAME; SATURATION SPECTROSCOPY; SPECIAL RELATIVITY; THE STANDARD MODEL;

ATOMIC CLOCKS;

EID: 36749083570     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys778     Document Type: Article

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