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Equation 129 · Part 1 · The Clock That Comes Back Wrong by Exactly Its Mass

Symbol Δphi_rm clock

Δϕclock\Delta\phi_{\rm clock}
Δϕclock\Delta\phi_{\rm clock}

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…. The clock term computed above is ≈\approx0.29\,rad\mathrm{rad} . Both confound terms are, respectively, roughly eight and five orders of magnitude larger than the signal, which is exactly why isolating Δ\Deltaϕclock\phi_{\rm clock} is described in this literature as requiring careful differential design rather than being visible in a raw phase reading.

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