by Fouad G. Major (Author)
This edition retains the essentially didactic approach to the treatment of the development of atomic clocks in the first edition, but brings up to date the extraordinary developments in recent years, culminating in clocks based on quantum resonance at optical frequency in individual ions confined in miniature electromagnetic traps.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 494
Edition: 2nd ed. 2007
Publisher: Springer
Published: 26 Jun 2007
ISBN 10: 0387695338
ISBN 13: 9780387695334