scholarly journals Comparison of Gravitational and Light Frequency Shifts in Rubidium Atomic Clock

Universe ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Alexey Baranov ◽  
Sergey Ermak ◽  
Roman Lozov ◽  
Vladimir Semenov

The article presents the results of an experimental study of the external magnetic field orientation and magnitude influence on the rubidium atomic clock, simulating the influence of the geomagnetic field on the onboard rubidium atomic clock of navigation satellites. The tensor component value of the atomic clock frequency light shift on the rubidium cell was obtained, and this value was ~2 Hz. The comparability of the relative light shift (~10−9) and the regular gravitational correction (4×10−10) to the frequency of the rubidium atomic clock was shown. The experimental results to determine the orientational shift influence on the rubidium atomic clock frequency were presented. A significant effect on the relative frequency instability of a rubidium atomic clock at a level of 10−12(10−13) for rotating external magnetic field amplitudes of 1.5 A/m and 3 A/m was demonstrated. This magnitude corresponds to the geomagnetic field in the orbit of navigation satellites. The necessity of taking into account various factors (satellite orbit parameters and atomic clock characteristics) is substantiated for correct comparison of corrections to the rubidium onboard atomic clock frequency associated with the Earth’s gravitational field action and the satellite orientation in the geomagnetic field.

2012 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. N. Kakazei ◽  
G. R. Aranda ◽  
S. A. Bunyaev ◽  
V. O. Golub ◽  
E. V. Tartakovskaya ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. P. Gregori

No average status can be defined for the sources of the external magnetic field over the polar caps, no index can provide with any such model, the observation of no single quantity or parameter can give the ultimate solution. Rather, every case history has to be considered independently. It is possible, however, to approach the problem from an interdisciplinary viewpoint, and to attempt to make an instant modelling of the electric currents that flow in the ionosphere and magnetosphere above the area of aeromagnetic prospecting. A few relevant previous such examples are discussed (such as Akasofu's inference on magnetospheric substorms derived by means of polar auroras, or the presently unfashionable Svalgaard vortex by means of the observed geomagnetic field and dealing with the pattern of the electric field within the magnetosphere, or the Sun-aligned auroral arcs inside the oval that are monitored by satellite, or, perhaps, the luminosity curve of polar auroras). It appears likely that some substantial achievement will be attained altogether with the progress in the understanding of the general pattern of a few typical recurrent configurations over the polar caps, in terms of a multidisciplinary input from different observations, either by ground-based observatories, or by space platforms.


1980 ◽  
Vol 41 (C1) ◽  
pp. C1-445-C1-445
Author(s):  
G. Langouche ◽  
N. S. Dixon ◽  
L. Gettner ◽  
S. S. Hanna

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