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Time from Earth rotation to atomic physics /

Filling the need for a book that conveys the current technology as well as the underlying history and physical background, this book tells physicists and engineers how to measure time to the precision required for modern-day use. The authors draw on their longstanding research experience with timeke...

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Main Authors: McCarthy, Dennis D
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Seidelmann, P. Kenneth
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Time measurements
Time
SCIENCE > Time
Earth Planet > Rotation
Electronic books
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9783527627943
Summary: Filling the need for a book that conveys the current technology as well as the underlying history and physical background, this book tells physicists and engineers how to measure time to the precision required for modern-day use. The authors draw on their longstanding research experience with timekeeping and high-precision measurement to cover the use of satellites in measuring earth movement variation and the influence of the moon, while also dwelling on such topics as timekeeping aboard satellites and time transfer. Indispensable for high-precision measurements of processes in astrophysics
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxii, 351 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783527627943
3527627944
9783527627950 (electronic bk.)
3527627952 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: QB213
CLC: P19
Contents: TIME -- From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics; Contents; Preface; Acronyms; 1: Time: Pre-Twentieth Century; 2: Solar Time; 3: Ephemerides; 4: Variable Earth Rotation; 5: Earth Rotation and Polar Motion; 6: Ephemeris Time; 7: Relativity and Time; 8: Dynamical and Coordinate Time Scales; 9: Clock Developments; 10: Microwave Atomic Clocks; 11: Optical Atomic Standards; 12: Definition and Role of a Second; 13: International Atomic Time (TAI); 14: Coordinated Universal Time; 15: Time in the Solar System; 16: Time and Frequency Transfer; 17: Modern Earth Orientation; 18: International Activities.

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