Statistical properties of high performance cesium standards
Abstract
The intermediate term frequency stability of a group of new high-performance cesium beam tubes at the U.S. Naval Observatory were analyzed from two viewpoints: (1) by comparison of the high-performance standards to the MEAN(USNO) time scale and (2) by intercomparisons among the standards themselves. For sampling times up to 5 days, the frequency stability of the high-performance units shows significant improvement over older commercial cesium beam standards.
- Publication:
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5th Ann. NASA and DOD Precise Time and Time Interval Planning Meeting
- Pub Date:
- 1973
- Bibcode:
- 1973ptti.nasa..239P
- Keywords:
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- Cesium;
- Frequency Stability;
- Frequency Standards;
- Statistical Analysis;
- Beams (Radiation);
- Navy;
- Observatories;
- Performance Tests;
- Instrumentation and Photography