PARCS: a Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space

Author

Jefferts, S.R. ; Heavner, T.P. ; Hollberg, L.W. ; Kitching, J. ; Meekhof, D.M. ; Parker, T.E. ; Phillips, William ; Rolston, W. Phillips S ; Robinson, H.G. ; Shirley, J.H. ; Sullivan, D.B. ; Walls, F.L. ; Ashby, N. ; Klipstein, W.M. ; Maleki, L. ; Seidel,

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

141

Abstract

NIST, in collaboration with the Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL), the University of Colorado, Politecnico di Torino and Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (SAO) is building a laser-cooled cesium-beam atomic clock for flight on the International Space Station (ISS). The clock, named PARCS (Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space) is designed to perform certain tests of relativity and fundamental physics and to serve as a primary frequency standard

Keywords

astronomical instruments; atom-photon collisions; atomic beams; atomic clocks; caesium; frequency standards; laser cooling; physics fundamentals; radiation pressure; relativity; Cs; Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; International Space Station; Jet Propulsion Laboratories; NIST; National Institute of Standards and Technology; PARCS; Politecnico di Torino; Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space; University of Colorado; fundamental physics; laser-cooled Cs-beam atomic clock; primary atomic reference clock; primary frequency standard; relativity; Astrophysics; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Atomic clocks; Buildings; International collaboration; Laboratories; Laser theory; NIST; Propulsion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency and Time Forum, 1999 and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 1999., Proceedings of the 1999 Joint Meeting of the European

Conference_Location

Besancon

ISSN

1075-6787

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5400-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.1999.840728

Filename

840728