Tag: Atomic Clock

One of the first steps in creating the optical atomic clocks used in this study is to cool strontium atoms to near absolute zero in a vacuum chamber, which makes them appear as a glowing blue ball floating in the chamber. Credit: Shimon Kolkowitz

Ultraprecise Atomic Clock Poised For New Physics Discoveries

MessageToEagle.com | February 21, 2022

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – University of Wisconsin-Madison physicists have made one of the highest performance atomic clocks ever. Their instrument, known as an optical lattice atomic