Measuring mass in seconds

John E. Debs; Nicholas P. Robins; John D. Close

doi:10.1126/science.1232923

Measuring mass in seconds

John E. Debs^*, Nicholas P. Robins, John D. Close

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An atom interferometer and an optical frequency comb measure the Compton frequency of a cesium atom, creating a "clock" that weighs atoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	532-533
Number of pages	2
Journal	Science
Volume	339
Issue number	6119
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1232923
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2013

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