429,228,004,229,952 times per second !!

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AquaPlow
AquaPlow
QLD
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QLD, 1066 posts
11 Feb 2013 11:51am
The oscillation count used for a really accurate clock.

This is in New Scientist a bit numbing.
The thing I am missing...
What sort of optical detector is used to measure that to convert it into boring seconds minutes and hours??
Anyone have a clue?

Here is the article...
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2013/02/strontium-atomic-clock.html


Cheers
AP
da vecta
da vecta
QLD
2515 posts
QLD, 2515 posts
11 Feb 2013 2:28pm
I thought it was going to be Waveslave's w*nking statistics.
gibberjoe
gibberjoe
SA
956 posts
SA, 956 posts
11 Feb 2013 4:34pm

That were a job where i once worked. Escorting the atomic clock
round australia. Great benifits, but i never got the gig!
Pitbull
Pitbull
WA
1267 posts
WA, 1267 posts
11 Feb 2013 5:06pm
^ Benefit #1 - You now glow in the dark.
dorothyinste
dorothyinste
QLD
481 posts
QLD, 481 posts
11 Feb 2013 8:53pm
Benefit #2 - You now have an extra limb growing from your back.
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