Heart transplant on ALMA correlator
Scientists perform what is effectively a “heart transplant” on the ALMA correlator by installing a custom-built atomic clock powered by a hydrogen maser. This new timepiece uses a process similar to a laser to amplify a single pure tone, cycles of which are counted to produce a highly accurate “tick”.
Credit:Carlos Padilla (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
About the Image
| Id: | ann14045b |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 4 June 2014, 21:00 |
| Related announcements: | ann14045 |
| Size: | 5248 x 3744 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology Unspecified : People |
| Category: | ALMA |
