Bernard Guinot and Elisa Felicitas Arias 2005 Metrologia 42 S20 doi:10.1088/0026-1394/42/3/S04
Bernard Guinot1 and Elisa Felicitas Arias1,2
Show affiliationsThis paper summarizes the creation and technical evolution of atomic time scales, recalling the parallel development of their acceptance and the remaining problems. We consider a consequence of the accuracy of time measurement, i.e. the entry of Einstein's general relativity into metrology and its applications. We give some details about the method of calculation and the characteristics of International Atomic Time, and we show how it is disseminated at the ultimate level of precision.
Issue 3 (June 2005)
Received 4 February 2005
Published 7 June 2005
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