Evaluating and Enhancing Candidate Clocking Systems for CHIME/FRB VLBI Outriggers

Abstract As the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) has become leading instrument for detecting Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), CHIME/FRB Outriggers will use very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) to localize FRBs with milliarcsecond precision. The CHIME site uses a passive hydrogen maser frequency standard in order minimize localization errors due clock delay. However, not all outrigger stations have access maser. This report presents techniques used evaluate clocks at sites without More importantly, resulting algorithm provides calibration methods that do initially meet stability requirements VLBI, thus allowing remain true goal of having