Time-nuts, I was wrong with my interpretation. The clocks were all working ok. Thanks. Antonio I8IOV
> I got some private answers. > Sorry, I've been concise not to bias your thoughts. > Only, I would precise that for "unlocked" I mean a clock in > which the crystal is free running not locked to Rb or Cs, and not to lock > between clocks, > Antonio I8IOV > > > Time-nuts, > > > > I have to admit that I have an interest in gravitational > > anomalies. > > > > If anybody out there has nothing better to do, here is the > > stuff to spend some minutes. > > In early 90's a Chinese researcher (Zhou) opened a debate > > claiming to have observed anomalous behaviour on atomic > > clocks during some solar eclipses (Ref 1). > > > > On 1999 a group of German researchers published a report > > claiming to have observed nothing anomalous in the comparison > > of 4 atomic clocks (Nature magazine, Ref 2). > > This report seems to have closed the debate among insiders. > > The report is also available online at > > http://www.mpq.mpg.de/~haensch/eclipse/full.html > > where they kindly offer the complete data file of their > > records, covering 23 days, for further insights. > > I've downloaded the file and plotted their data. The plot is > > uploaded at > > http://xoomer.alice.it/iovane/clocks.htm > > Each curve is the comparison of two atomic clocks, as > > mentioned in the graph itself. > > In the graph the x axis is the time in days centered on the > > day of eclipse, and the y axis is the relative time delay in > > nanoseconds cunulated by each couple of clocks. > > You time-nuts don't need any more explanations. > > > > My question is: > > Did any of the clocks run unlocked? If any, what of them? > > > > Thanks, > > Antonio I8IOV > > > > Ref 1: > > [Zhou, S. W.; Huang, B. J., "Abnormalities of the time > > comparisons of atomic clocks during the solar eclipses", > > Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 15 C, no. 2, Mar.-Apr. 1992, p. 133- > > 137.] > > > > Ref 2: > > http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v402/n6763/abs/402749a0.html > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
