TY - GEN

T1 - Mass defect effects in atomic clocks

AU - Yudin, Valeriy I.

AU - Taichenachev, Alexey V.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2017 IEEE.

PY - 2017/10/27

Y1 - 2017/10/27

N2 - We consider some implications of the mass defect on the frequency of atomic transitions. We have found that some well-known frequency shifts (such as gravitational and quadratic Doppler shifts) can be interpreted as consequences of the mass defect, i.e., without the need for the concept of time dilation used in special and general relativity theories. Moreover, we show that the inclusion of the mass defect leads to previously unknown shifts for clocks based on trapped ions.

AB - We consider some implications of the mass defect on the frequency of atomic transitions. We have found that some well-known frequency shifts (such as gravitational and quadratic Doppler shifts) can be interpreted as consequences of the mass defect, i.e., without the need for the concept of time dilation used in special and general relativity theories. Moreover, we show that the inclusion of the mass defect leads to previously unknown shifts for clocks based on trapped ions.

KW - atomic clocks

KW - mass defect

KW - quantum metrology

KW - special and general relativity

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040161980&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1109/FCS.2017.8088813

DO - 10.1109/FCS.2017.8088813

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85040161980

SP - 102

EP - 103

BT - 2017 Joint Conference of the European Frequency and Time Forum and IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, EFTF/IFC 2017 - Proceedings

PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

T2 - 2017 Joint Conference of the European Frequency and Time Forum and IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, EFTF/IFC 2017

Y2 - 9 July 2017 through 13 July 2017

ER -