On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:46:17 +0000
"Poul-Henning Kamp" <p...@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> In message
> <CAP6i9MmntLTia=XXUafbyrp+e3=koc1TRSEvL=g05emepq4...@mail.gmail.com>
> , brent evers writes:
>
> >So at its most basic, I'm wondering what type of clock would make the
> >most sense to consider - cesium fountain, or hydrogen maser?
>
> Based on what I can gather, a fountain is probably easier to make work
> than any of the other, from a pure _mechanical_ point of view.
What makes you think it is easier to build?
>From what i gather, the size of a Cs fountain is smaller than of a H maser,
but otherwise the difficulty of the components you need around it is comparable.
Not to mention that handling H is a lot easier than handling Cs.
And as i've written before, the electronics for a Cs would be a lot more
difficult to get working than for a H.
Attila Kinali
--
The trouble with you, Shev, is you don't say anything until you've saved
up a whole truckload of damned heavy brick arguments and then you dump
them all out and never look at the bleeding body mangled beneath the heap
-- Tirin, The Dispossessed, U. Le Guin
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