Time - from earth rotation to atomic physics
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Time - from earth rotation to atomic physics
Wiley-VCH, c2009
- hbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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, and relevant for measurement, navigation and communication, this monograph can be equally used as a course book or as accompanying work at advanced undergraduate or graduate level.
Table of Contents
1. Time-Pre 20th 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. International Atomic Time (TAI) 13. Definition and Role of a Second 14. Coordinated Universal Time 15. Time in the Solar System 16. Time and Frequency Transfer 17. Modern Earth Orientation 18. International Activities 19. Time Applications 20. Future of Timekeeping
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