Long Term Experimental Results of a Rubidium Atomic Clock with Drift Compensation
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This paper presents the results of two years of operation of an automatic system that compensates drifts of a rubidium atomic clock. This clock is the base of the Uruguayan National Time-Frequency Standard.
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