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How atomic clocks measure time

Started byEd Lake <detect@newsguy.com>
First post2018-10-03 13:38 -0700
Last post2018-10-07 08:22 -0700
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  How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-03 13:38 -0700
    How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-03 14:19 -0700
    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-03 21:40 +0000
      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-04 08:26 -0700
        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-04 17:24 +0000
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-04 13:36 -0700
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-04 21:33 +0000
              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 07:00 -0700
                Re: How atomic clocks measure time Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-10-05 16:44 +0200
                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 07:52 -0700
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-10-05 17:09 +0200
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 08:30 -0700
                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-10-05 18:52 +0200
                Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-05 17:32 +0000
                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 13:18 -0700
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-06 10:38 +0000
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-10-05 02:02 +0200
              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 07:08 -0700
                Re: How atomic clocks measure time Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-10-05 16:47 +0200
                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 07:59 -0700
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-10-05 17:30 +0200
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 08:43 -0700
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-05 16:58 +0000
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 13:02 -0700
                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-05 21:42 +0000
                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-06 08:02 -0700
                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-07 04:55 +0000
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 10:40 -0700
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-05 18:29 +0000
                Re: How atomic clocks measure time rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 07:48 -0700
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-05 00:46 +0000
              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 07:15 -0700
                Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-05 16:26 +0000
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-04 19:10 -0700
        Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-04 17:35 -0700
        Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Dono," <sa_ge@comcast.net> - 2018-10-04 18:46 -0700
    How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-03 14:41 -0700
    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-10-03 18:17 -0400
      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2018-10-03 21:57 -0700
        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-10-04 07:06 +0200
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-10-04 07:08 +0200
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-04 22:57 +0000
      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-04 09:01 -0700
      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-04 17:28 +0000
    Re:How atomic clocks measure time Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-10-04 00:26 +0200
      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-10-04 05:23 +0000
      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-04 09:15 -0700
        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-04 09:45 -0700
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-04 10:23 -0700
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-04 13:23 -0700
    Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2018-10-04 08:50 +0200
      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2018-10-04 08:57 -0700
        Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2018-10-04 19:54 +0200
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2018-10-04 21:51 -0700
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-05 01:26 -0700
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2018-10-08 13:49 +0200
              Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-08 05:08 -0700
              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 13:15 -0700
                Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2018-10-09 09:22 +0200
                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-09 03:36 -0700
                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-10-09 06:56 -0700
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-09 16:42 +0000
                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 12:48 -0700
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2018-10-10 09:32 +0200
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:37 -0700
                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tc> - 2018-10-10 19:11 +0000
                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2018-10-11 14:03 +0200
                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 10:07 -0700
                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2018-10-11 21:30 +0200
                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 13:08 -0700
                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-11 13:55 -0700
                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2018-10-12 15:36 +0200
                                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 21:45 -0700
                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2018-10-13 11:34 +0200
                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2018-10-13 09:44 -0700
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-05 18:40 +0000
    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-04 13:53 -0700
      Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-05 01:06 +0000
        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 07:29 -0700
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 07:44 -0700
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-05 16:35 +0000
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 10:01 -0700
              Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-05 17:13 +0000
                Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 13:17 -0700
                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-05 22:06 +0000
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-10-05 19:38 -0400
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-05 17:50 -0700
                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-05 18:06 -0700
                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-05 18:24 -0700
                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-10-06 11:02 -0500
                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-06 09:34 -0700
                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-10-06 18:43 +0200
                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-06 10:08 -0700
                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-10-06 16:18 -0500
                                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-06 15:10 -0700
                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-10-07 00:47 +0200
                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-06 16:02 -0700
                                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-10-07 00:31 +0200
                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-06 22:38 +0000
                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-10-07 00:54 +0200
                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-06 23:09 +0000
                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-06 15:55 -0700
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-06 10:37 +0000
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-06 09:53 -0700
                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-10-06 16:30 -0500
                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-07 09:06 -0700
                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-07 16:35 +0000
                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-07 10:26 -0700
                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-07 20:32 +0000
                                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-07 13:52 -0700
                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-07 21:31 +0000
                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-10-07 22:13 +0000
                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-08 05:22 -0700
                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 13:21 +0000
                                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-08 06:32 -0700
                                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 13:40 +0000
                                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-08 06:45 -0700
                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-08 07:27 -0700
                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-08 17:21 +0000
                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-08 13:19 -0700
                                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-08 21:29 +0000
                                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-09 07:12 -0700
                                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-09 07:30 -0700
                                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 09:03 -0700
                                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-09 18:22 +0000
                                                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-09 13:56 -0700
                                                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-09 22:15 -0700
                                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-10 07:39 -0700
                                                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-10 08:32 -0700
                                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-10 09:04 -0700
                                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-10 09:47 -0700
                                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 10:49 -0700
                                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-10 13:29 -0700
                                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-10 21:19 -0700
                                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-11 07:26 -0700
                                                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-11 15:11 +0000
                                                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-11 09:10 -0700
                                                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-11 09:16 -0700
                                                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-11 09:59 -0700
                                                                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-11 13:50 -0700
                                                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-11 14:01 -0700
                                                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-12 07:42 -0700
                                                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-11 21:47 +0000
                                                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-12 08:06 -0700
                                                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-12 18:45 +0000
                                                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-12 12:09 -0700
                                                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-12 13:20 -0700
                                                                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-12 21:25 +0000
                                                                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-13 03:03 -0700
                                                                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-13 09:25 -0700
                                                                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-13 10:29 -0700
                                                                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-10-13 18:10 +0000
                                                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-11 15:49 -0700
                                                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-11 17:27 -0700
                                                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-11 17:43 -0700
                                                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-12 08:30 -0700
                                                                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-12 09:41 -0700
                                                                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-12 18:50 +0000
                                                                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-12 13:30 -0700
                                                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-12 08:24 -0700
                                                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2018-10-12 10:13 +0200
                                                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-12 08:38 -0700
                                                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-12 18:59 +0000
                                                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-12 13:42 -0700
                                                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2018-10-13 11:10 +0200
                                                                Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-11 19:51 +0000
                                                                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-11 13:52 -0700
                                                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-11 13:56 -0700
                                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-11 02:33 +0000
                                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-10 21:22 -0700
                                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-11 07:42 -0700
                                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-10 12:19 -0700
                                                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-10 08:57 -0700
                                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-07 14:55 -0700
                                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-08 07:35 -0700
                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-08 08:04 -0700
                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-08 17:24 +0000
                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-08 10:43 -0700
                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-08 13:24 -0700
                                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-08 21:36 +0000
                                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-08 11:59 -0700
                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-08 12:02 -0700
                                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-08 14:02 -0700
                                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 14:30 -0700
                                            Re: How atomic clocks measure time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 02:45 +0000
                                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 23:41 -0400
                                              Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-08 22:56 -0700
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-06 08:24 -0700
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-07 05:09 +0000
                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-07 09:34 -0700
                          Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-07 20:17 +0000
                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 08:28 -0700
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-08 09:18 -0700
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:55 -0700
                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-08 13:56 -0700
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-10-08 19:46 +0200
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 11:01 -0700
                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-10-08 20:26 +0200
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tc> - 2018-10-08 18:02 +0000
                        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-10-08 20:29 +0200
                      Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-08 11:44 -0700
      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-10-05 17:01 -0400
        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 14:26 -0700
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Dirk Van de moortel <dirkvandemoortel@notmail.com> - 2018-10-06 01:03 +0200
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 18:15 -0700
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-06 07:42 -0700
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-06 08:47 -0700
              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2018-10-06 09:45 -0700
                Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-06 10:35 -0700
                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-06 17:56 +0000
                  Re: How atomic clocks measure time rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-06 12:50 -0700
                    Re: How atomic clocks measure time mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2018-10-06 13:16 -0700
              Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-07 05:17 +0000
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2018-10-06 12:32 -0700
              Re: How atomic clocks measure time Paul Gish <uop@uwrwuao.tt> - 2018-10-06 19:43 +0000
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 08:48 -0700
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-10-08 19:56 +0200
    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-05 09:02 -0700
      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 08:10 -0700
        Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-08 09:01 -0700
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 09:56 -0700
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-08 17:31 +0000
            Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-08 13:37 -0700
              Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-08 21:48 +0000
                Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-09 07:32 -0700
          Re: How atomic clocks measure time Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:52 -0700
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      Re: How atomic clocks measure time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-10-06 21:57 +0000
      Re: How atomic clocks measure time moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-07 05:24 +0000
    Re: How atomic clocks measure time Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-06 13:25 -0700
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#474695

FromPaparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl>
Date2018-10-11 14:01 -0700
Message-ID<c0af397e-083d-44f1-b5b7-46e230727c71@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474691
El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 17:51:00 (UTC-3), Ed Lake  escribió:

> 
> You clearly have no idea how cesium atomic clocks work.  Here are the steps:
>

According to whom?
 

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#474739

FromEd Lake <detect@newsguy.com>
Date2018-10-12 07:42 -0700
Message-ID<1b2b304c-dc80-4bbe-bca8-a5073d007dc6@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474695
On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 4:01:47 PM UTC-5, Paparios wrote:
> El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 17:51:00 (UTC-3), Ed Lake  escribió:
> 
> > 
> > You clearly have no idea how cesium atomic clocks work.  Here are the steps:
> >
> 
> According to whom?

I've got about 20 different documents describing how atomic clocks work.  What 
I wrote is a summary of what is in those documents.

There is a step by step description in this document: https://www.explainthatstuff.com/howradiocontrolledclockswork.html

There is also one here: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/how-do-atomic-clocks-work.html

And here: http://discovermagazine.com/1996/dec/aclockmoreperfec938

I probably have others which also have step by step descriptions.

Ed

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#474702

Frommoroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
Date2018-10-11 21:47 +0000
Message-ID<ppoge7$q56$1@pcls7.std.com>
In reply to#474691
Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> writes:

>On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 11:59:33 AM UTC-5, Paparios wrote:

>> The fact is that you can't read a scientific paper. They clearly wrote:
>> "we take a sample of atoms (or molecules) and build an apparatus that produces
>> an oscillatory signal that is in resonance with the atoms' natural oscillations".

...

>> You are wrong in all your opinions about how physics works, mostly because
>> of your total ignorance of mathematics.

>You clearly have no idea how cesium atomic clocks work.  Here are the steps:

oh boy, the following is so bad!

>1. Cesium is a liquid at room temperature, so the liquid is heated in an
>"oven" which turns the liquid into a gas.  The gas consists of atoms that
>are half negatively charged AND half positively charged.  The gas is then
>ejected as a stream of individual atoms into the next part of the clock.

>2. A pair of magnets separates the positively charged atoms from the negatively
>charged atoms.  The positive atoms are sent to an absorber.  The negative atoms
>continue on into the "Microwave interrogation cavity."

>3. Inside the "Microwave interrogation cavity," the negatively charged atoms
>are bombarded with microwave photons oscillating at 9,192,631,770 Hertz.
>Every atom hit by photons at that frequency will change into a positively
>charged atom.  If everything is "normal," all the atoms will be changed to
>positive charged atoms.

>4.  The atoms then exit the "Microwave interrogation cavity" and pass between
>two more magnets.  This magnets direct all atoms that are STILL NEGATIVELY
>CHARGED into an absorber, and the positively charge atoms continue on.

>5.  The positively charged atoms hit a DETECTOR which counts them.  If the
>detector counts FEWER atoms than expected, that means that too many atoms
>were NOT changed to positive inside the "cavity."  Too many atoms remained
>negatively charged and went into the absorber.

Oh man, no WONDER why you don't understand how atomic clocks work! The
cesium atoms do NOT become positively/negatively charged! They remain 
neutral, but the atoms are in one or the other of the two hyperfine
levels. The 9,192,631,770 Hz microwaves are the exact energy to cause
atoms in the lower energy hyperfine level to transition to the higher
level.

>6.  A feedback mechanism then adjusts the microwave photon emitter to a higher
>or lower frequency, i.e., to 9,192,631,771 Hz or to 9,192,631,769 Hz.  Let's
>assume it is to the higher frequency.

WRONG. Due to some environmental variable, the oscillator drifts from
9,192,631,770 Hz to 9,192,631,771 Hz.  Fewer Cs atoms transition to the
higher state. The slope of the count amount voltage is fed back as
negative feedback to the phase lock loop comparitor, which produces a
correction voltage to the frequency adjustment of the oscillator, which
DECREASES the frequency. That puts it back to 9,192,631,770 Hz. As this is
continuous, the frequency REMAINS ON the 9,192,631,770 Hz frequency.  
Once again, a standard phase locked loop.

>8.  If the frequency that resulted in the right number of atom conversions is
>9,192,631,771 Hz., that means the length of a second must be SHORTENED for
>the clock.  The feedback system adjusts the length of a second to be one
>tick less than previously.  The clock then still measures 9,192,631,770
>"ticks" as being "one second" but that second is now 1 tick shorter than it
>was previously.

WRONG. If the frequency is now at 9,192,631,771 Hz, the clock is AT THE
WRONG FREQUENCY so is now a bad clock! A second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770
Hz, 9,192,631,771 Hz is WRONG.

I did tell you to look at the design specs of atomic clocks. I didn't
realize you'd misinterpret that so badly.

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#474741

FromEd Lake <detect@newsguy.com>
Date2018-10-12 08:06 -0700
Message-ID<623df9ba-dae7-45f4-b0b0-b44398b3b4f6@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474702
On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 4:47:54 PM UTC-5, Michael Moroney wrote:
> Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> >On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 11:59:33 AM UTC-5, Paparios wrote:
> 
> >> The fact is that you can't read a scientific paper. They clearly wrote:
> >> "we take a sample of atoms (or molecules) and build an apparatus that produces
> >> an oscillatory signal that is in resonance with the atoms' natural oscillations".
> 
> ...
> 
> >> You are wrong in all your opinions about how physics works, mostly because
> >> of your total ignorance of mathematics.
> 
> >You clearly have no idea how cesium atomic clocks work.  Here are the steps:
> 
> oh boy, the following is so bad!
> 
> >1. Cesium is a liquid at room temperature, so the liquid is heated in an
> >"oven" which turns the liquid into a gas.  The gas consists of atoms that
> >are half negatively charged AND half positively charged.  The gas is then
> >ejected as a stream of individual atoms into the next part of the clock.
> 
> >2. A pair of magnets separates the positively charged atoms from the negatively
> >charged atoms.  The positive atoms are sent to an absorber.  The negative atoms
> >continue on into the "Microwave interrogation cavity."
> 
> >3. Inside the "Microwave interrogation cavity," the negatively charged atoms
> >are bombarded with microwave photons oscillating at 9,192,631,770 Hertz.
> >Every atom hit by photons at that frequency will change into a positively
> >charged atom.  If everything is "normal," all the atoms will be changed to
> >positive charged atoms.
> 
> >4.  The atoms then exit the "Microwave interrogation cavity" and pass between
> >two more magnets.  This magnets direct all atoms that are STILL NEGATIVELY
> >CHARGED into an absorber, and the positively charge atoms continue on.
> 
> >5.  The positively charged atoms hit a DETECTOR which counts them.  If the
> >detector counts FEWER atoms than expected, that means that too many atoms
> >were NOT changed to positive inside the "cavity."  Too many atoms remained
> >negatively charged and went into the absorber.
> 
> Oh man, no WONDER why you don't understand how atomic clocks work! The
> cesium atoms do NOT become positively/negatively charged! They remain 
> neutral, but the atoms are in one or the other of the two hyperfine
> levels. The 9,192,631,770 Hz microwaves are the exact energy to cause
> atoms in the lower energy hyperfine level to transition to the higher
> level.

A quote:

"Atoms of cesium 133 happen to have two energy levels known as hyperfine states, 
which differ only in how the magnetic field of their outermost electron is 
aligned. The magnetic field of that electron can point either in the same 
direction as the magnetic field of the atom’s nucleus or in the exact opposite 
direction, and these two possibilities are known as the hyperfine states."

Source: http://discovermagazine.com/1996/dec/aclockmoreperfec938

Magnets sort out the atoms based upon the magnetic fields of their outermost 
electrons. 

> 
> >6.  A feedback mechanism then adjusts the microwave photon emitter to a higher
> >or lower frequency, i.e., to 9,192,631,771 Hz or to 9,192,631,769 Hz.  Let's
> >assume it is to the higher frequency.
> 
> WRONG. Due to some environmental variable, the oscillator drifts from
> 9,192,631,770 Hz to 9,192,631,771 Hz.  Fewer Cs atoms transition to the
> higher state. The slope of the count amount voltage is fed back as
> negative feedback to the phase lock loop comparitor, which produces a
> correction voltage to the frequency adjustment of the oscillator, which
> DECREASES the frequency. That puts it back to 9,192,631,770 Hz. As this is
> continuous, the frequency REMAINS ON the 9,192,631,770 Hz frequency.  
> Once again, a standard phase locked loop.

The oscillator only drifts when it malfunctions.  The atoms slow down or speed 
up depending upon their altitude and velocity.  The oscillator is then adjusted 
to match the oscillation rate of the atoms.

The purpose of an atomic clock is to have the oscillator match the oscillation 
rate of the cesium atoms.  The oscillator is ADJUSTED mechanically, the atom's 
oscillation rate changes NATURALLY.

> 
> >8.  If the frequency that resulted in the right number of atom conversions is
> >9,192,631,771 Hz., that means the length of a second must be SHORTENED for
> >the clock.  The feedback system adjusts the length of a second to be one
> >tick less than previously.  The clock then still measures 9,192,631,770
> >"ticks" as being "one second" but that second is now 1 tick shorter than it
> >was previously.
> 
> WRONG. If the frequency is now at 9,192,631,771 Hz, the clock is AT THE
> WRONG FREQUENCY so is now a bad clock! A second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770
> Hz, 9,192,631,771 Hz is WRONG.

Right, the clock changes the length of a second so that it is always a 
COUNT of 9,192,631,770 cycles, which matches the oscillation rate of the 
cesium atoms.   

> 
> I did tell you to look at the design specs of atomic clocks. I didn't
> realize you'd misinterpret that so badly.

Nothing you posted changes anything.  You are just stating YOUR OPINION.  
I've already told you many times I DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR OPINIONS.

Ed

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#474755

Frommoroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
Date2018-10-12 18:45 +0000
Message-ID<ppqq4m$mjc$1@pcls7.std.com>
In reply to#474741
Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> writes:

>On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 4:47:54 PM UTC-5, Michael Moroney wrote:
>> Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> writes:

>> Oh man, no WONDER why you don't understand how atomic clocks work! The
>> cesium atoms do NOT become positively/negatively charged! They remain
>> neutral, but the atoms are in one or the other of the two hyperfine
>> levels. The 9,192,631,770 Hz microwaves are the exact energy to cause
>> atoms in the lower energy hyperfine level to transition to the higher
>> level.

>A quote:

>"Atoms of cesium 133 happen to have two energy levels known as hyperfine states,
>which differ only in how the magnetic field of their outermost electron is
>aligned. The magnetic field of that electron can point either in the same
>direction as the magnetic field of the atom's nucleus or in the exact opposite
>direction, and these two possibilities are known as the hyperfine states."

>Source: http://discovermagazine.com/1996/dec/aclockmoreperfec938

>Magnets sort out the atoms based upon the magnetic fields of their outermost
>electrons.

So why did you write the following crap:

:1. Cesium is a liquid at room temperature, so the liquid is heated in an
:"oven" which turns the liquid into a gas.  The gas consists of atoms that
:are half negatively charged AND half positively charged.



>> >6.  A feedback mechanism then adjusts the microwave photon emitter to a higher
>> >or lower frequency, i.e., to 9,192,631,771 Hz or to 9,192,631,769 Hz.  Let's
>> >assume it is to the higher frequency.

>> WRONG. Due to some environmental variable, the oscillator drifts from
>> 9,192,631,770 Hz to 9,192,631,771 Hz.  Fewer Cs atoms transition to the
>> higher state. The slope of the count amount voltage is fed back as
>> negative feedback to the phase lock loop comparitor, which produces a
>> correction voltage to the frequency adjustment of the oscillator, which
>> DECREASES the frequency. That puts it back to 9,192,631,770 Hz. As this is
>> continuous, the frequency REMAINS ON the 9,192,631,770 Hz frequency.
>> Once again, a standard phase locked loop.

>The oscillator only drifts when it malfunctions.

WRONG. No electronic component is perfect, or even in the 100 parts per
trillion range which is what would be needed here. And if the oscillator
actually was stable to 100 parts per trillion, you wouldn't even need the
cesium, except perhaps for initial calibration!

>The atoms slow down or speed up depending upon their altitude and 
>velocity.  The oscillator is then adjusted
>to match the oscillation rate of the atoms.

This is your incorrect MISINTERPRETATION of what happens. It is just wrong!
Remember, if this was true, it would violate the first Postulate of
Relativity.

>The purpose of an atomic clock is to have the oscillator match the oscillation
>rate of the cesium atoms.  The oscillator is ADJUSTED mechanically, the 
>atom's oscillation rate changes NATURALLY.

Cesium doesn't change oscillations, that is the ENTIRE POINT of using it!
No matter where you are, or where you get your cesium, a clock using it
will oscillate at 9,192,631,770 Hertz.

>> >8.  If the frequency that resulted in the right number of atom conversions is
>> >9,192,631,771 Hz., that means the length of a second must be SHORTENED

WRONG! A second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770 times the Cs oscillation period.

If the clock osciallates at 9,192,631,771 Hz, it is just plain WRONG!

>> >the clock.  The feedback system adjusts the length of a second to be one
>> >tick less than previously.

WRONG! The feedback system is there to prevent the osciallator from 
drifting off frequency.

Remember the description in one of those papers you misunderstand, where
the feedback is like constantly adjusting a radio tuner to keep the station
perfectly locked on? That's how phase locked loop circuits operate.

>> WRONG. If the frequency is now at 9,192,631,771 Hz, the clock is AT THE
>> WRONG FREQUENCY so is now a bad clock! A second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770
>> Hz, 9,192,631,771 Hz is WRONG.

>Right, the clock changes the length of a second so that it is always a

If the clock changes the length of a second, it is BROKEN, because a 
second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770 cycles.

>> I did tell you to look at the design specs of atomic clocks. I didn't
>> realize you'd misinterpret that so badly.

>Nothing you posted changes anything.  You are just stating YOUR OPINION.
>I've already told you many times I DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR OPINIONS.

This is not my opinion. This is from my education and experience as a
degreed electrical engineer, including the use and operation of phase
locked loops. I have DESIGNED phase locked loop circuits in the past. In
fact the operation of an atomic clock was actually USED AS AN EXAMPLE of
phase locked loops in a university course, and that has inspired my
responses here.

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#474760

Frommlwozniak@wp.pl
Date2018-10-12 12:09 -0700
Message-ID<ac20444f-2ab5-45d0-89ff-905463006c23@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474755
On Friday, 12 October 2018 20:45:47 UTC+2, Michael Moroney  wrote:

> If the clock changes the length of a second, it is BROKEN, because a 
> second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770 cycles.

A lie, as expected from fanatic trash. Easy to 
check in any dictionary.

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#474771

FromEd Lake <detect@newsguy.com>
Date2018-10-12 13:20 -0700
Message-ID<c34874d3-c366-4843-87ca-7cc49c2db9ad@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474755
On Friday, October 12, 2018 at 1:45:47 PM UTC-5, Michael Moroney wrote:
> Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> >On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 4:47:54 PM UTC-5, Michael Moroney wrote:
> >> Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> >> Oh man, no WONDER why you don't understand how atomic clocks work! The
> >> cesium atoms do NOT become positively/negatively charged! They remain
> >> neutral, but the atoms are in one or the other of the two hyperfine
> >> levels. The 9,192,631,770 Hz microwaves are the exact energy to cause
> >> atoms in the lower energy hyperfine level to transition to the higher
> >> level.
> 
> >A quote:
> 
> >"Atoms of cesium 133 happen to have two energy levels known as hyperfine states,
> >which differ only in how the magnetic field of their outermost electron is
> >aligned. The magnetic field of that electron can point either in the same
> >direction as the magnetic field of the atom's nucleus or in the exact opposite
> >direction, and these two possibilities are known as the hyperfine states."
> 
> >Source: http://discovermagazine.com/1996/dec/aclockmoreperfec938
> 
> >Magnets sort out the atoms based upon the magnetic fields of their outermost
> >electrons.
> 
> So why did you write the following crap:
> 
> :1. Cesium is a liquid at room temperature, so the liquid is heated in an
> :"oven" which turns the liquid into a gas.  The gas consists of atoms that
> :are half negatively charged AND half positively charged.

I'm not sure what your problem is.  Are you just complaining that I should 
have written, "The gas consists of atoms that have different magnetic charges, 
about half having a negative charge and half having a positive charge"?

> 
> 
> 
> >> >6.  A feedback mechanism then adjusts the microwave photon emitter to a higher
> >> >or lower frequency, i.e., to 9,192,631,771 Hz or to 9,192,631,769 Hz.  Let's
> >> >assume it is to the higher frequency.
> 
> >> WRONG. Due to some environmental variable, the oscillator drifts from
> >> 9,192,631,770 Hz to 9,192,631,771 Hz.  Fewer Cs atoms transition to the
> >> higher state. The slope of the count amount voltage is fed back as
> >> negative feedback to the phase lock loop comparitor, which produces a
> >> correction voltage to the frequency adjustment of the oscillator, which
> >> DECREASES the frequency. That puts it back to 9,192,631,770 Hz. As this is
> >> continuous, the frequency REMAINS ON the 9,192,631,770 Hz frequency.
> >> Once again, a standard phase locked loop.
> 
> >The oscillator only drifts when it malfunctions.
> 
> WRONG. No electronic component is perfect, or even in the 100 parts per
> trillion range which is what would be needed here. And if the oscillator
> actually was stable to 100 parts per trillion, you wouldn't even need the
> cesium, except perhaps for initial calibration!

Correct, but then you couldn't use the clocks to verify time dilation.

> 
> >The atoms slow down or speed up depending upon their altitude and 
> >velocity.  The oscillator is then adjusted
> >to match the oscillation rate of the atoms.
> 
> This is your incorrect MISINTERPRETATION of what happens. It is just wrong!
> Remember, if this was true, it would violate the first Postulate of
> Relativity.

No, it would just violate your screwball MISunderstanding of the First Postulate 
of Relativity.

> 
> >The purpose of an atomic clock is to have the oscillator match the oscillation
> >rate of the cesium atoms.  The oscillator is ADJUSTED mechanically, the 
> >atom's oscillation rate changes NATURALLY.
> 
> Cesium doesn't change oscillations, that is the ENTIRE POINT of using it!
> No matter where you are, or where you get your cesium, a clock using it
> will oscillate at 9,192,631,770 Hertz.

Nope.  The point of using cesium in atomic clocks is that the clock will keep 
very precise time AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT MOVE IT.  Keating's job was to deliver 
newly built atomic clocks to labs around America.  Every time he delivered 
one he saw that the clock deviated from what the US Naval Observatory clock was showing.  So, he'd have to reset it.

> 
> >> >8.  If the frequency that resulted in the right number of atom conversions is
> >> >9,192,631,771 Hz., that means the length of a second must be SHORTENED
> 
> WRONG! A second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770 times the Cs oscillation period.

A second is defined at equal to a cesium atom oscillating 9,192,631,770 times.

> 
> If the clock osciallates at 9,192,631,771 Hz, it is just plain WRONG!

The clock doesn't oscillate.  The atoms do and the microwave photons do. 
When the atoms change their oscillation rate to 9,192,631,771 Hz, one 
second still remains as a COUNT of 9,192,631,770 Hz.  The clock adjusts 
to that new length for a second. 

> 
> >> >the clock.  The feedback system adjusts the length of a second to be one
> >> >tick less than previously.
> 
> WRONG! The feedback system is there to prevent the osciallator from 
> drifting off frequency.

The feedback system cannot "prevent" the oscillator from drifting, it can 
only CORRECT the oscillator AFTER it has drifted, adjusting it back to 
the correct rate needed to alter the atoms.

> 
> Remember the description in one of those papers you misunderstand, where
> the feedback is like constantly adjusting a radio tuner to keep the station
> perfectly locked on? That's how phase locked loop circuits operate.

Right.

> 
> >> WRONG. If the frequency is now at 9,192,631,771 Hz, the clock is AT THE
> >> WRONG FREQUENCY so is now a bad clock! A second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770
> >> Hz, 9,192,631,771 Hz is WRONG.
> 
> >Right, the clock changes the length of a second so that it is always a
> 
> If the clock changes the length of a second, it is BROKEN, because a 
> second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770 cycles.

A second is defined as a COUNT of 9,192,631,770 cycles.  When the cesium 
atoms change their rate, the clock adjusts to keep that COUNT as a 
measurement of one second.

> 
> >> I did tell you to look at the design specs of atomic clocks. I didn't
> >> realize you'd misinterpret that so badly.
> 
> >Nothing you posted changes anything.  You are just stating YOUR OPINION.
> >I've already told you many times I DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR OPINIONS.
> 
> This is not my opinion. This is from my education and experience as a
> degreed electrical engineer, including the use and operation of phase
> locked loops. I have DESIGNED phase locked loop circuits in the past. In
> fact the operation of an atomic clock was actually USED AS AN EXAMPLE of
> phase locked loops in a university course, and that has inspired my
> responses here.

And opinion is still just an opinion when it does nothing but state a 
BELIEF.  If you want to discuss the subject, then EXPLAIN WHAT IS WRONG 
AND WHAT IS RIGHT AND PROVIDE SOURCES, DO NOT JUST SAY IT IS WRONG BECAUSE
IT CONFLICTS WITH YOUR BELIEFS.

Ed

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#474786

Frommoroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
Date2018-10-12 21:25 +0000
Message-ID<ppr3fc$t5c$1@pcls7.std.com>
In reply to#474771
Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> writes:

>On Friday, October 12, 2018 at 1:45:47 PM UTC-5, Michael Moroney wrote:
>> Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> writes:
>> 
>> >"Atoms of cesium 133 happen to have two energy levels known as hyperfine states,
>> >which differ only in how the magnetic field of their outermost electron is
>> >aligned. The magnetic field of that electron can point either in the same
>> >direction as the magnetic field of the atom's nucleus or in the exact opposite
>> >direction, and these two possibilities are known as the hyperfine states."
>> 
>> >Source: http://discovermagazine.com/1996/dec/aclockmoreperfec938
>> 
>> >Magnets sort out the atoms based upon the magnetic fields of their outermost
>> >electrons.
>> 
>> So why did you write the following crap:
>> 
>> :1. Cesium is a liquid at room temperature, so the liquid is heated in an
>> :"oven" which turns the liquid into a gas.  The gas consists of atoms that
>> :are half negatively charged AND half positively charged.

>I'm not sure what your problem is.  Are you just complaining that I should 
>have written, "The gas consists of atoms that have different magnetic charges, 
>about half having a negative charge and half having a positive charge"?

"Magnetic charges" ? That is very, very wrong as well. The magnetic
monopole has never been detected.

I think you are either clueless about physics in general to write
something like that. Or perhaps you are like Ken Seto and invent your own
meanings for existing words and phrases. That is very bad as well since it
starts arguments about something when the two parties are simply talking
about completely different things.  "Charge" has a specific meaning when
discussing atoms, as does "magnetic charge", for something that doesn't
even exist.

There are many hyperfine states of the Cs atom. The two that are used in 
the clock are called the F_g=3, m_f=0 and the F_g=4, m_f=0 states.
(and since you want references, 
https://www.ptb.de/cms/fileadmin/internet/fachabteilungen/abteilung_4/4.4_zeit_und_frequenz/pdf/2003_Bauch_MST_CAC_VF_author_version.pdf, 
esp Figure 3)

Use standard terminology, or just state the atom changes state between the
two hyperfine levels.

>> >> >6.  A feedback mechanism then adjusts the microwave photon emitter to a higher
>> >> >or lower frequency, i.e., to 9,192,631,771 Hz or to 9,192,631,769 Hz.  Let's
>> >> >assume it is to the higher frequency.

>> >> WRONG. Due to some environmental variable, the oscillator drifts from
>> >> 9,192,631,770 Hz to 9,192,631,771 Hz.  Fewer Cs atoms transition to the
>> >> higher state. The slope of the count amount voltage is fed back as
>> >> negative feedback to the phase lock loop comparitor, which produces a
>> >> correction voltage to the frequency adjustment of the oscillator, which
>> >> DECREASES the frequency. That puts it back to 9,192,631,770 Hz. As this is
>> >> continuous, the frequency REMAINS ON the 9,192,631,770 Hz frequency.
>> >> Once again, a standard phase locked loop.
>> 
>> >The oscillator only drifts when it malfunctions.
>> 
>> WRONG. No electronic component is perfect, or even in the 100 parts per
>> trillion range which is what would be needed here. And if the oscillator
>> actually was stable to 100 parts per trillion, you wouldn't even need the
>> cesium, except perhaps for initial calibration!

>Correct, but then you couldn't use the clocks to verify time dilation.

Why not? If it was really that stable, it could.

>> >The atoms slow down or speed up depending upon their altitude and 
>> >velocity.  The oscillator is then adjusted
>> >to match the oscillation rate of the atoms.
>> 
>> This is your incorrect MISINTERPRETATION of what happens. It is just wrong!
>> Remember, if this was true, it would violate the first Postulate of
>> Relativity.

>No, it would just violate your screwball MISunderstanding of the First Postulate 
>of Relativity.

It is trivially easy to connect a voltmeter or frequency counter (not
based on a Cs clock) to measure the PLL feedback signal, and determine your
altitude. Thus different laws of physics (the ones controlling the signal
voltage) for different inertial states.  Therefore, your misunderstanding
violates the first postulate.  In a PLL, the feedback signal controls a
voltage controlled oscillator where the change in frequency is proportional
to the voltage.

>> >The purpose of an atomic clock is to have the oscillator match the oscillation
>> >rate of the cesium atoms.  The oscillator is ADJUSTED mechanically, the 
>> >atom's oscillation rate changes NATURALLY.
>> 
>> Cesium doesn't change oscillations, that is the ENTIRE POINT of using it!
>> No matter where you are, or where you get your cesium, a clock using it
>> will oscillate at 9,192,631,770 Hertz.

>Nope.  The point of using cesium in atomic clocks is that the clock will keep 
>very precise time AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT MOVE IT.

The Cs clocks in GPS orbits are moving many miles per second!
The H-K experiments flew Cs clocks on airliners!

>  Keating's job was to deliver 
>newly built atomic clocks to labs around America.  Every time he delivered 
>one he saw that the clock deviated from what the US Naval Observatory 
>clock was showing.  So, he'd have to reset it.

Yeah yeah, we all know about GR and its effects on clocks.

Keating knew about GR and decided he could verify it with his clocks.

>> >> >8.  If the frequency that resulted in the right number of atom conversions is
>> >> >9,192,631,771 Hz., that means the length of a second must be SHORTENED
>> 
>> WRONG! A second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770 times the Cs oscillation period.

>A second is defined at equal to a cesium atom oscillating 9,192,631,770 times.

And that is a fixed constant, it NEVER changes locally, which is why it
was chosen.

>> If the clock osciallates at 9,192,631,771 Hz, it is just plain WRONG!

>The clock doesn't oscillate.  The atoms do and the microwave photons do.

Wrong. The atoms don't oscillate, photons don't, but the oscillator in the
clock does.

>When the atoms change their oscillation rate to 9,192,631,771 Hz, one 
>second still remains as a COUNT of 9,192,631,770 Hz.  The clock adjusts 
>to that new length for a second. 

Which means the clock itself is wrong! It changed! You wouldn't accept
length measurements by a rubber ruler, why do you believe in this rubber
second!

>> >> >the clock.  The feedback system adjusts the length of a second to be one
>> >> >tick less than previously.
>> 
>> WRONG! The feedback system is there to prevent the osciallator from 
>> drifting off frequency.

>The feedback system cannot "prevent" the oscillator from drifting, it can 
>only CORRECT the oscillator AFTER it has drifted, adjusting it back to 
>the correct rate needed to alter the atoms.

A properly designed PLL does not have the phase detector output signal
oscillating like that.  Once locked in, the oscillator is LOCKED onto the
reference signal. That is where the word "LOCKED" comes from in "phase
locked loop". If you measure the phase detector output voltage in a
properly operating PLL, you'll see it is a constant DC value if the
reference frequency is stable.  It means the VCO is in LOCKSTEP with the
reference.

>> Remember the description in one of those papers you misunderstand, where
>> the feedback is like constantly adjusting a radio tuner to keep the station
>> perfectly locked on? That's how phase locked loop circuits operate.

>Right.

>> >> WRONG. If the frequency is now at 9,192,631,771 Hz, the clock is AT THE
>> >> WRONG FREQUENCY so is now a bad clock! A second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770
>> >> Hz, 9,192,631,771 Hz is WRONG.
>> 
>> >Right, the clock changes the length of a second so that
>> 
>> If the clock changes the length of a second, it is BROKEN, because a 
>> second is DEFINED as 9,192,631,770 cycles.

>A second is defined as a COUNT of 9,192,631,770 cycles.

A count of the cycles of a Cs-133 atom, something that NEVER CHANGES.
Which is why it was chosen.

>  When the cesium 
>atoms change their rate,

Which happens the day pigs start flying?

> the clock adjusts to keep that COUNT as a 
>measurement of one second.

>> >> I did tell you to look at the design specs of atomic clocks. I didn't
>> >> realize you'd misinterpret that so badly.
>> 
>> >Nothing you posted changes anything.  You are just stating YOUR OPINION.
>> >I've already told you many times I DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR OPINIONS.
>> 
>> This is not my opinion. This is from my education and experience as a
>> degreed electrical engineer, including the use and operation of phase
>> locked loops. I have DESIGNED phase locked loop circuits in the past. In
>> fact the operation of an atomic clock was actually USED AS AN EXAMPLE of
>> phase locked loops in a university course, and that has inspired my
>> responses here.

>And opinion is still just an opinion when it does nothing but state a 
>BELIEF.

It is not a belief. It is fact. I paid good money for an EE degree, and I
had to know that stuff to get it.  Documents are all over the net if you
search legitimate sources.

>  If you want to discuss the subject, then EXPLAIN WHAT IS WRONG 

I already did!

>AND WHAT IS RIGHT AND PROVIDE SOURCES, DO NOT JUST SAY IT IS WRONG BECAUSE
>IT CONFLICTS WITH YOUR BELIEFS.

I looked at several of the links in your "collection" and they ALL either
agree with what I wrote or don't state anything either way. You always
misinterpret stuff to agree with your beliefs (very common with those with
an idee fixe) so providing sources to you becomes an exercise in 
frustration. I will do so for the benefit of others.
The best example is your wild misinterpretation of Einstein's 1905 SR
paper, you wouldn't even accept his statements of the postulates in the
paper!

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#474812

Frommlwozniak@wp.pl
Date2018-10-13 03:03 -0700
Message-ID<ab8f67ac-d739-4947-b145-09a43559e990@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474786
On Friday, 12 October 2018 23:25:02 UTC+2, Michael Moroney  wrote:

> A count of the cycles of a Cs-133 atom, something that NEVER CHANGES.
> Which is why it was chosen.


A lie, as expected from fanatic trash.
Anyone  can check at GPS that it changes.
And it was chosen because your bunch of
idiots is preferring clocks confirming your
Shit instead usable.

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#474833

FromEd Lake <detect@newsguy.com>
Date2018-10-13 09:25 -0700
Message-ID<6d0e07b4-cac5-4f0b-9a56-538e27397cc4@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474786
It has become clear that arguing here has become counter-productive.  I need 
to focus on writing a paper about atomic clocks and time dilation.  When 
I've finished that paper, I'll start a new thread to discuss it.

Byebye for now.

Ed

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#474844

From"David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com>
Date2018-10-13 10:29 -0700
Message-ID<441948ae-bfdc-491e-913c-dce6ddd0375c@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474833
Ed Lake escrito 
It has become clear that arguing here has become counter-productive.  
I need to focus on Farting into my own Mouth. 
When I've finished that paper, I'll start a new thread to discuss it. 

Byebye for now. 

Ed 

Bye Eduardo 

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#474847

FromOdd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Date2018-10-13 18:10 +0000
Message-ID<pptcds$tag$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#474833
Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> wrote:
> It has become clear that arguing here has become counter-productive.  I need 
> to focus on writing a paper about atomic clocks and time dilation.  When 
> I've finished that paper, I'll start a new thread to discuss it.
> 
> Byebye for now.
> 
> Ed
> 

At which point you will decide that arguing about all the mistakes in your
new paper are counter-productive. Then you will announce its time to write
another paper full of mistakes. 

-- 
Odd Bodkin -- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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#474708

FromPaparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl>
Date2018-10-11 15:49 -0700
Message-ID<a46904cf-9f6e-4d34-8bb2-d718fd03dbaa@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474691
El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 17:51:00 (UTC-3), Ed Lake  escribió:

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/jres/122/jres.122.029.pdf

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#474709

FromPaparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl>
Date2018-10-11 17:27 -0700
Message-ID<eac3c8c9-1894-4c80-8f69-8db04365b28f@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474708
El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 19:49:54 (UTC-3), Paparios  escribió:
> El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 17:51:00 (UTC-3), Ed Lake  escribió:
> 
> https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/jres/122/jres.122.029.pdf

How a cesium atomic clock works, in grandmother language!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2BxAu6WZI8

Manual of the Agilent 5061 cesium atomic clock

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dga/time/5061/5061A_ops_and_schematics.pdf

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#474715

FromPaparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl>
Date2018-10-11 17:43 -0700
Message-ID<f42eec24-2b43-4df7-b938-bf8020ba477a@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474709
El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 21:27:05 (UTC-3), Paparios  escribió:
> El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 19:49:54 (UTC-3), Paparios  escribió:
> > El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 17:51:00 (UTC-3), Ed Lake  escribió:
> > 
> > https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/jres/122/jres.122.029.pdf
> 
> How a cesium atomic clock works, in grandmother language!!
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2BxAu6WZI8
> 
> Manual of the Agilent 5061 cesium atomic clock
> 
> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dga/time/5061/5061A_ops_and_schematics.pdf

Interesting video of one of the NIST engineers. Watch closely what he says
at the end of the video. "The cesium atomic process works the same at sea level,
at the top of a mountain and at space vehicle".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FAfMNVHETk

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#474744

FromEd Lake <detect@newsguy.com>
Date2018-10-12 08:30 -0700
Message-ID<5b6e32d5-f9fc-4628-99d6-0adeec67077d@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474715
On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 7:43:42 PM UTC-5, Paparios wrote:
> El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 21:27:05 (UTC-3), Paparios  escribió:
> > El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 19:49:54 (UTC-3), Paparios  escribió:
> > > El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 17:51:00 (UTC-3), Ed Lake  escribió:
> > > 
> > > https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/jres/122/jres.122.029.pdf
> > 
> > How a cesium atomic clock works, in grandmother language!!
> > 
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2BxAu6WZI8
> > 
> > Manual of the Agilent 5061 cesium atomic clock
> > 
> > http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dga/time/5061/5061A_ops_and_schematics.pdf
> 
> Interesting video of one of the NIST engineers. Watch closely what he says
> at the end of the video. "The cesium atomic process works the same at sea level,
> at the top of a mountain and at space vehicle".
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FAfMNVHETk

That last section is misleading.  That is probably why you like it.

The key here is Pound-Rebka.  Atoms at the same altitude CAN exchange 
photons.  Atoms at different altitudes CANNOT exchange photons.  That is 
because atoms at different altitudes oscillate at different rates and become 
incompatible.

So, we KNOW that atoms change oscillation rates.  And in an atomic clock 
the microwave oscillator has to ADJUST to the changed rate.

Ed

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#474750

From"David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com>
Date2018-10-12 09:41 -0700
Message-ID<b76710df-3d74-48d2-9ade-08a981196b00@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474744
EdTard prophesied 

That last section is misleading.  That is probably why you like it. 

The key here is Pound-Rebka.  Atoms at the same altitude CAN exchange 
photons.  Atoms at different altitudes CANNOT exchange photons.  That is 
because atoms at different altitudes oscillate at different rates and become 
incompatible. 

So, we KNOW that atoms change oscillation rates.  And in an atomic clock 
the microwave oscillator has to ADJUST to the changed rate. 

Ed 

NO DUMB DICK EDUARDO!!!

Pound Rebka is Exploiting Quantum Physics to verify SR & GR 

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#474756

Frommoroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
Date2018-10-12 18:50 +0000
Message-ID<ppqqdt$mjc$2@pcls7.std.com>
In reply to#474744
Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> writes:

>On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 7:43:42 PM UTC-5, Paparios wrote:

>> Interesting video of one of the NIST engineers. Watch closely what he says
>> at the end of the video. "The cesium atomic process works the same at sea
>> level,
>> at the top of a mountain and at space vehicle".

>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FAfMNVHETk

>That last section is misleading.  That is probably why you like it.

Why is it "misleading"? Because it disagrees with your opinion?

>The key here is Pound-Rebka.  Atoms at the same altitude CAN exchange
>photons.  Atoms at different altitudes CANNOT exchange photons.  That is
>because atoms at different altitudes oscillate at different rates and become
>incompatible.

They SEE the photons as arriving at a different frequency because of
gravitational redshift/blueshift. They are EMITTED at the same frequency.

>So, we KNOW that atoms change oscillation rates.

No, we don't. We KNOW that gravitational redshift/blueshift change the
received frequency.

>  And in an atomic clock
>the microwave oscillator has to ADJUST to the changed rate.

Wrong.

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#474776

FromEd Lake <detect@newsguy.com>
Date2018-10-12 13:30 -0700
Message-ID<b9cc3102-7c22-487a-8887-95939f543da9@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474756
On Friday, October 12, 2018 at 1:50:40 PM UTC-5, Michael Moroney wrote:
> Ed Lake <detect@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> >On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 7:43:42 PM UTC-5, Paparios wrote:
> 
> >> Interesting video of one of the NIST engineers. Watch closely what he says
> >> at the end of the video. "The cesium atomic process works the same at sea
> >> level,
> >> at the top of a mountain and at space vehicle".
> 
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FAfMNVHETk
> 
> >That last section is misleading.  That is probably why you like it.
> 
> Why is it "misleading"? Because it disagrees with your opinion?
> 
> >The key here is Pound-Rebka.  Atoms at the same altitude CAN exchange
> >photons.  Atoms at different altitudes CANNOT exchange photons.  That is
> >because atoms at different altitudes oscillate at different rates and become
> >incompatible.
> 
> They SEE the photons as arriving at a different frequency because of
> gravitational redshift/blueshift. They are EMITTED at the same frequency.

NO THEY ARE NOT.  Photons emitted at higher altitudes have a higher frequency 
than photons emitted at lower altitudes.  They do NOT change frequency 
along the way.    

> 
> >So, we KNOW that atoms change oscillation rates.
> 
> No, we don't. We KNOW that gravitational redshift/blueshift change the
> received frequency.

No, that is just your INCORRECT BELIEF.

> 
> >  And in an atomic clock
> >the microwave oscillator has to ADJUST to the changed rate.
> 
> Wrong.

So, you want to start a STUPID opinion versus OPINION argument: Wrong! Right! 
Wrong! Right!  Wrong! Right! Wrong! Right! Wrong! Right! Wrong! Right!  And 
on and on forever.

Ed

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#474743

FromEd Lake <detect@newsguy.com>
Date2018-10-12 08:24 -0700
Message-ID<966a5d3f-a68e-45e9-9b44-89ff7a621146@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#474709
On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 7:27:05 PM UTC-5, Paparios wrote:
> El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 19:49:54 (UTC-3), Paparios  escribió:
> > El jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 17:51:00 (UTC-3), Ed Lake  escribió:
> > 
> > https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/jres/122/jres.122.029.pdf

Yes, I've had that paper in my collection for a long time.  Here's a good 
quote from it:

"The detector sends a feedback signal to a servo circuit that continually tunes 
the quartz oscillator so that the maximum number of atoms reaches the detector, 
thereby locking the frequency of the microwaves to the cesium hyperfine 
transition frequency. The process of keeping the quartz oscillator locked to 
the cesium frequency is analogous to carefully and continuously tuning a radio 
dial to ensure that the loudest and clearest signal is always heard."

The quartz oscillator adjusts to match the oscillation rate of the atoms. 
When the oscillation rate of the atoms speeds up or slows down due to 
changes in altitude or velocity, the quartz oscillator adjusts the length 
of a second to always be 9,192,631,770 oscillations.

> 
> How a cesium atomic clock works, in grandmother language!!
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2BxAu6WZI8

It's a video that is misleading.  It says nothing about what happens when 
a clock is raised or lowered. 

> 
> Manual of the Agilent 5061 cesium atomic clock
> 
> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dga/time/5061/5061A_ops_and_schematics.pdf

Thanks VERY MUCH!!!  That's a document I didn't have in my collection.
Section 1-4 in the Introduction contains good information on how the quartz 
oscillator is tuned to the atom's frequency, i.e., how the clock knows 
whether to adjust up or down to find the atom's frequency.  

Ed

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