On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:20:49 -0700 Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net> wrote:
> > > All that is of course correct. But ultimately the pulsars are a better > > source, I see it as an application question, could it be utilized? Perhaps > > building an algorithm and basing corrections on multiple pulsars x-ray > > pulses like a GPS constellation for the next generation of conventional GPS. > > I think modern atomic clocks are better than Pulsars. > > Unfortunately, I don't have a good reference handy. I think the theorists > have several ideas for why the period of Pulsars change. See [1] for a short overview and pointers to more literature Attila Kinali [1] http://www.astro.oma.be/IAU/COM31/pdf/JD6/JD06_Kopeikinx.pdf -- Why does it take years to find the answers to the questions one should have asked long ago? _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.