BIPM - time

With the transfer of certain activities from the former Length Section at the end of 2005, the BIPM Time Section became the Time, Frequency and Gravimetry Section as of January 2006.

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2005

Arias E.F., The metrology of time, Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. A, 2005, 363, 2289-2305

Arias E.F., Gontier A.-M., Barache C., Maintenance and extension of the ICRF: validation of individual celestial reference framces, In IERS Annual Report 2005, 2005, 58-61

Arias E.F., Jiang Z., Lewandowski W., Petit G., BIPM comparison of time transfer techniques, Proc. Joint IEEE FCS and PTTI (Vancouver, Canada), 2005, 312-315

Arias E.F., Petit G., Estimation of the duration of the scale unit of TAI with primary frequency standards, Proc. Joint IEEE FCS and PTTI (Vancouver, Canada), 2005, 244-246

Bize S., Laurent P., Abgrall M., Marion H., Maksimovic I., Cacciapuoti L., Grünert J., Vian C., Pereira dos Santos F., Rosenbusch P., Lemonde P., Santarelli G., Wolf P., Clairon A., Luiten A., Tobar M., Salomon C., Cold atom clocks and applications, J. Phys. B., 2005, 38, S449-S468

Foks A., Lewandowski W., Nawrocki J., Frequency biases calibration of GLONASS P-code time receivers, Proc. 19th EFTF (Besançon, France), 2005, CD-Rom

Guinot B., Arias E.F. , Atomic time-keeping from 1955 to the present, Metrologia, 2005, 42(3), S20-S30

Lewandowski W., Foks A., Jiang Z., Nawrocki J., Nogas P., Recent progress in GLONASS time transfer, Proc. Joint IEEE FCS and PTTI (Vancouver, Canada), 2005, 728-734

Lewandowski W., Matsakis D., Panfilo G., Tavella P., On the evaluation of uncertainties in [UTC – UTC(k)], Proc. 19th EFTF (Besançon, France), 2005, CD-Rom

Lewandowski W., Matsakis D., Panfilo G., Tavella P., Refining the evaluation of uncertainties in [UTC – UTC(k)], Proc. Joint IEEE FCS and PTTI (Vancouver, Canada), 2005, 383-391

Petit G., Long-term stability and accuracy of TAI, Proc. 19th EFTF (Besançon, France), 2005, 79-82

Petit G., Wolf P., Relativistic theory for time comparisons: a review, Metrologia, 2005, 42(3), S138-S144

Petit G., Jiang Z., Redundancy and correlation in TAI time links, Proc. Joint IEEE FCS and PTTI (Vancouver, Canada), 2005, 346-349

Tobar M.E., Wolf P. et al., New tests of Lorentz invariance in the photon sector using precision oscillators and interferometers, CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Proc. 3rd Meeting, Bloomington (V.A. Kostelecký, ed.), World Scientific, 2005, 20-28

Tobar M.E., Wolf P., Fowler A., Hartnett J.G., New methods of testing Lorentz violation in electrodynamics, Phys. Rev. D, 2005, 71, 025004

2004

Arias E.F., Bouquillon S., Representation of the International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) by different sets of selected radio sources, Astron. Astrophys., 2004, 422, 1105-1108

Bize S., Wolf P. et al.., Advances in atomic fountains, C.R. Acad. Sci., Physique, 2004, 5, 829-843

Bize S., Wolf P., et al., Cold atom clocks, precision oscillators and fundamental tests (In Astrophysics, Clocks and Fundamental Constants), Lecture Notes in Physics (Springer), 2004, 648, 189-207

De Biasi M.S., Osorio J., Amenna J., Esperón C., Arias E.F., The Observatorio Naval Buenos Aires time service, Astrometry in Latin America (ADeLA Publications Series No. 1), 2004, 25-28

Fey A.L., Ma C., Arias E.F., Charlot P., Feissel-Vernier M., Gontier A.-M., Jacobs Ch.S., Sovers O.J., Li J., MacMillan D., The second extension of the International Celectial Reference Frame: ICRF-EXT.1, Astron. J., 2004, 127, 3587-3608

Foks A., Lewandowski W., Nawrocki J., Latest calibration of GLONASS P-code time receivers, Proc. 36th PTTI, 2004, 99-104

Lewandowski W., International Atomic Time and time transfer, Artificial Satellites, 2004, 40, 71-81

Lewandowski W., Cordara F., Lorini L, Pettiti V., Bauch A., Piester D., Koudelka O., A simultaneous calibration of the IEN/PTB time link by GPS CV and TWSTFT portable equipment, Proc. 18th EFTF, 2004, CD-Rom

Lewandowski W., Matsakis D., Panfilo G., Tavella P., First evaluation and experimental results on the determination of uncertainties in [UTC – UTC(k)], Proc. 36th PTTI, 2004, 247-261

Lewandowski W., Tisserand L., Determination of the differential time corrections for GPS time equipment located at the OP, NPL, IEN, PTB and VSL, Rapport BIPM-2004/05, 17 pp

Lewandowski W., Tisserand L., Determination of the differential time corrections for GPS time equipment located at the OP, PTB, AOS, KRISS, CRL, NIST, USNO and APL, Rapport BIPM-2004/06, 29 pp

Lewandowski W., Tisserand L., Determination of the differential time corrections for GPS time equipment located at the OP and CH, Rapport BIPM-2004/08, 15 pp

Marion H., Wolf P. et al., First observation of Feshbach resonances at very low magnetic field in a ¹³³Cs fountain, Proc. 18th EFTF, 2004, CD-Rom

McCarthy D.D., Petit G., eds., IERS Conventions, IERS Technical Note 32 (Verlag BKG), 2004, 127 pp

Petit G., Stability and accuracy of geodetic GPS time links compared to two way time transfer, Proc. ATF 2004, 2004, 1-7

Petit G., Jiang Z,, Stability of geodetic GPS time links and their comparison to two-way time transfer, Proc. 36th PTTI, 2004, 31-39

Petit G., Jiang Z., Stability and accuracy of GPS P3 time links, Proc. 18th EFTF, 2004, CD-Rom (file 066.pdf)

Senior K., Ray J., Petit G., Comparison of instrumental and empirical station timing biases for a set of Ashtech Z12T geodetic GPS receivers, Proc. 18th EFTF, 2004, CD-Rom (file 063.pdf)

Weiss M., Zhang V., Lewandowski W., Uhrich P., Valat D., NIST and OP GPS receiver spanning twenty years 1983–2003, Proc. 18th EFTF, 2004, CD-Rom

Wolf P., Bize S., Clairon A., Luiten A.N., Santarelli G., Tobar M.E., manquant, Phys. Rev. D, 2004, 70, 051902

Wolf P., Tobar M.E., Bize S., Clairon A., Luiten A.N., Santarelli G., Whispering gallery resonators and tests of Lorentz invariance, Gen. Rel. Grav., 2004, 36, 2351-2372

2003

Altamimi Z., Boucher C., Ray J., Petit G., TRF datum definition and geocenter motion estimate (Abstract), EOS Trans. AGU (Fall Meeting Supplement), 2003, 84(46), G21A-01

Arias E.F., Bouquillon S., Gontier A.-M., Maintenance and extension of the ICRF: validation of individual celestial reference frames, IERS Annual Report 2002 (Verlag BKG), 2003, 54-57

Azoubib J., Nawrocki J., Lewandowski W., Independent atomic timescale in Poland – organization and results, Metrologia, 2003, 40(3), S245-S248

Defraigne P., Petit G., Time transfer to TAI using geodetic receivers, Metrologia, 2003, 40(4), 184-188

Lamine B., Wolf P. et al., Relic gravitational waves and the isotropy of spacetime, Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity (Dumarchez J., Tran Tranh Van J. eds.), The Goi Publishers, Viet Nam, 2003, 307-314

Lewandowski W., Moussay P., Determination of the differential time corrections for GPS time equipment located at the OP, NPL, VSL and OCA, Rapport BIPM-2003/04, 21 pp

Lewandowski W., Moussay P., Determination of the differential time corrections for GPS time equipment located at the OP, NTSC, CRL, NMIJ, TL and NML, Rapport BIPM-2003/05, 24 pp

Petit G., Towards an optimal weighting scheme for TAI computation, Metrologia, 2003, 40(3), S252-S256

Petit G., A new realization of Terrestrial Time, Proc. 35th PTTI, 2003, 307-316

Petit G., The new IAU'2000 conventions for coordinated times and time transformations, Journées 2001 Systèmes de Référence Spatio-Temporels, 2003, 163-168

Petit G., The height of frequency standards, Physics World, 2003, 20-21

Petit G., Davoust E., Fayard T., Progress report on a survey for submillisecond pulsars, In Radio Pulsars, ASP Conf. Series, 2003, 302, 137

Ray J., Petit G., Altamimi Z., Requirements for improved definitions and realizations of the ITRF origin and geocenter motion (Abstract), EOS Trans. AGU (Fall Meeting Supplement), 2003, 84(46), G22B-09

Soffel M., Klioner S., Petit G., Wolf P. et al., The IAU 2000 resolutions for astrometry, celestial mechanics, and metrology in the relativistic framework: explanatory supplement, Astron. J., 2003, 126, 2687-2706

Wolf P., Bize S., Clairon A., Luiten A.N., Santarelli G., Tobar M.E., Tests of Lorentz invariance using a microwave resonator: an update, Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity (Dumarchez J., Tran Tranh Van J. eds.), The Goi Publishers, Viet Nam, 2003, 315-321

Wolf P., Bize S., Clairon A., Luiten A.N., Santarelli G., Tobar M.E., Tests of Lorentz invariance using a microwave resonator: an update, Proc. 2003 IEEE FCS/17th EFTF (Tampa, United States), 2003, 205-210

Wolf P., Bize S., Clairon A., Luiten A.N., Santarelli G., Tobar M.E., Tests of Lorentz invariance using a microwave resonator, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2003, 90(6), 060402

2002

Bogdanov P., Zholnerov V., Kovita S., Lewandowski W., Azoubib J., de Jong G., Imae M., Nawrocki J., Analysis of GLONASS and GPS time transfer using multi-channel receivers, Proc. 16th EFTF, 2002, A-011-A-013

Defraigne P., Petit G., Bruyninx C., Use of geodetic receivers for TAI, Proc. 33rd PTTI, 2002, 341-348

Defraigne P., Senior K., Ray J., Petit G., Time transfer within the IGS and links to TAI, Proc. URSI XXVCIIth General Assembly, 2002, Session AC1.03 (750), 4 pp

Laurent P., Wolf P. et al., Cold Atom Clocks in Space: PHARAO and ACES, Proc. 6th Symp. Freq. Stand. Metrol., St. Andrews, Scotland (Gill P. ed.), World Scientific, 2002, 241-252

Lewandowski W., Moussay P., Determination of the differential time corrections for GPS time equipement located at the OP, IEN, ROA, PTB, NIST and USNO, Rapport BIPM-2002/02, 28 pp

Petit G., Comparison of "old" and "new" concepts: Coordinate times and time transformations, IERS Technical Note 29: Proc. IERS Workshop on the implementation of the new IAU resolutions, 2002, 19 pp

Petit G., Evaluating the accuracy of TAI with primary frequency standards, Prox. URSI XXVIIth General Assembly, 2002, Session A3.01 (796), 4 pp

Petit G., Jiang Z., Moussay P., TAI time links with geodetic receivers: a progress report, Proc. 34th PTTI, 2002, 19

Weiss M., Zhang V., Jensen M., Powers E., Klepczynski W., Lewandowski W., Ionospheric models and measurements for common-view time transfer, Proc. IEEE/EIA Int. Freq. Contr. Symp., 2002, 517-521

Wolf P., Bize S., Bordé C.J., Clairon A., Landragin A., Laurent P., Lemonde P., Recoil effects in microwave atomic frequency standards: an update, Proc. 6th Symp. Freq. Stand. Metrol., St. Andrews, Scotland (Gill P. ed.), World Scientific, 2002, 593-596

2001

Arias E.F., Definition and realization of TAI, Journées 2000 Systèmes de Référence Spatio-temporels, Observatoire de Paris, 2001, 214-217

Azoubib J., A revised way of fixing an upper limit to clock weights in TAI computation, Proc. 32nd PTTI, 2001, 195-209

Azoubib J., Lewandowski W., Time Links for the Construction of TAI, Proc. 32nd PTTI, 2001, 181-194

Blanchet L., Salomon C., Teyssandier P., Wolf P., Relativistic theory for time and frequency transfer to order c^-3, Astron. Astrophys., 2001, 370, 320-329

De Biasi M.S., Arias E.F., Sensitivity of the arclength method of reduction of VLBI astrometric data to some astrometric models, Journées 2000 Systèmes de Référence Spatio-temporels, 2001, 56-58

Fernández L.I., Gambis D., Arias E.F., Combination procedure for length-of-day time series according to the noise frequency behavior, J. Geodesy, 2001, 75, 276-282

Heindorff T., Bauch A., Hetzel P., Petit G., Weyers S., PTB primary clocks: performance and comparison with TAI in 2000, Metrologia, 2001, 38(6), 497-501

Jiang Z., Petit G., Wolf P., IGS products and accurate time-frequency transfer, ATF 2000 Proceedings: Asia-Pacific Workshop on Time and Frequency, 2001, 100-106

Lewandowski W., Report on the 8th meeting of the BIPM Working Group on Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer, Proc. 32nd PTTI, 2001, 229-233

Lewandowski W., Azoubib J., Matsakis D., Recent Progress in International Time Transfer, Proc. Beacon Symp. Space Weather Workshop, 2001, 258-261

Lewandowski W., Nawrocki J., Azoubib J., First use of IGEX precise ephemerides for intercontinental GLONASS P-code time transfer, J. Geodesy, 2001, 75, 620-625

Petit G., Terrestrial timescales, Enc. Astron. Astrophys., IOP Pub., 2001, 4, 3315-3319

Petit G., Jiang Z., Moussay P., White J., Powers E., Dudle G., Uhrich P., Progresses in the calibration of geodetic type GPS receiver for accurate time comparisons, Proc. 15th EFTF, 2001, 164-166

Petit G., Jiang Z., White J., Beard R., Powers E., Absolute Calibration of Ashtech Z12-T GPS Receiver, GPS Solutions, 2001, 4(4), 41-46

Ray J., Arias E.F., Petit G., Springer T., Schildknecht T., Clarke J., Johansson J., Progress in Carrier Phase Time Transfer, GPS Solutions, 2001, 4(4), 47-54

Salomon C., Dimarcq N., Abgrall M., Clairon A., Laurent P., Lemonde P., Santarelli G., Uhrich P., Bernier L.G., Busca G., Jornod A., Thomann P., Samain E., Wolf P., Gonzalez F., Guillemot P., Leon S., Nouel F., Sirmain C., Feltham S., Cold atoms in space and atomic clocks: ACES, C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Série IV Phys. Astrophys., 2001, 2(9), 1313-1320

Souchay J., Arias E.F., Chapront J., Essaïfi N., Feissel M., Gontier A.-M., Celestial System Section of the Central Bureau, IERS Annual Report for 2000, Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, 2001, 26-52

White J., Beard R., Landis G., Petit G., Powers E., Dual frequency absolute calibration of a geodetic GPS receiver for time transfer, Proc. 15th EFTF, 2001, 167-170

Wolf P., Relativity with Clocks in Space, Proc. International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course CXLVI: Recent Advances in Metrology and Fundamental Constants (T.J. Quinn, S. Leschiutta, P. Tavella eds.), IOS Press, 2001, 599-608