I attended a University of Washington, Frontiers of Physics lecture a year ago
featuring a Nobel-laureate, Dr. David Wineland. The lecture was on the subject
of optical atomic clocks. It was very interesting, he's also a member of NIST.
All the lectures in the series are on the UW YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/AHcOJLvpFYI?list=PLgsQNH1chTwvFA-EmoRvxD0fBVibBxzRa
larry
>
>Some new configuration of ytterbium optical lattice clock it seems.
>Reproducible to the 10**-18 level and should be a tool to
>detect gravitational waves and probe for detection of dark matter--very
>cool.
>
>https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-developed-atomic-clocks-so-precise-they-could-detect-gravitational-waves
>
>
>Not exactly like my Grandmother's Tiffany never-wind which was an early
>battery powered torsion pendulum clock from early 1920's. I think I may
>have broken it as a kid trying to tinker with it.
>It was back impulsing so had to install a diode which I doubt is
>appropriate for the time. Could never get it more accurate than 2-3
>min/day and sent it to
>3 electrical horologists. They could not do that much. There
>apparently are just some problem clocks.
>
>No gravitational wave detection this month in South Hamilton, Mike
>
Chris
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