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698 nm698\,\mathrm{nm}

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To make this concrete without simulation, take the weak-field proper-time rate dτ\tau/dt≈\approx1+gz/c2c^2 for a static height z in Earth’s field, so that holding two branches at a height difference Δ\Delta z for coordinate time T gives Δ\Deltaτ\tau≈\approx g\,Δ\Delta z\,T/c2c^2 . For Δ\Delta z=1\,m\mathrm m and T=1\,s\mathrm s , Δ\Deltaτ\tau≈\approx1.090×\times10^{-16}\,s\mathrm s . Pair this with a single-photon optical clock transition near 698\,nm\mathrm{nm} , comparable to the transition used in strontium-lattice-clock proposals for this kind of experiment [ 11 , 13 ] , giving Δ\Deltaν\nu≈\approx4.295×\times10^{14}\,Hz\mathrm{Hz} and Δ\Delta E=hΔ\Deltaν\nu≈\approx2.846×\times10^{-19}\,J\mathrm J , a mass excess Δ\Delta…

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698 nm698\,\mathrm{nm}

Equation 114 · Evolutionary Physics

The Clock That Comes Back Wrong by Exactly Its Mass

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To make this concrete without simulation, take the weak-field proper-time rate dτ\tau/dt≈\approx1+gz/c2c^2 for a static height z in Earth’s field, so that holding two branches at a height difference Δ\Delta z for coordinate time T gives Δ\Deltaτ\tau≈\approx g\,Δ\Delta z\,T/c2c^2 . For Δ\Delta z=1\,m\mathrm m and T=1\,s\mathrm s , Δ\Deltaτ\tau≈\approx1.090×\times10^{-16}\,s\mathrm s . Pair this with a single-photon optical clock transition near 698\,nm\mathrm{nm} , comparable to the transition used in strontium-lattice-clock proposals for this kind of experiment [ 11 , 13 ] , giving Δ\Deltaν\nu≈\approx4.295×\times10^{14}\,Hz\mathrm{Hz} and Δ\Delta E=hΔ\Deltaν\nu≈\approx2.846×\times10^{-19}\,J\mathrm J , a mass excess Δ\Delta…

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698 nm698\,\mathrm{nm}

Equation 122 · Evolutionary Physics

The Clock That Comes Back Wrong by Exactly Its Mass

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The scale of what needs to be canceled is worth stating plainly, using the same illustrative parameters as the previous section. The laser/center-of-mass term for a single-photon transition near 698\,nm\mathrm{nm} ( keffk_{\rm eff}≈\approx9.00×\times10^6\,m−1\mathrm{m^{-1}} ) scales as keffk_{\rm eff}gT2T^2≈\approx8.8×\times10^{7}\,rad\mathrm{rad} for T=1\,s\mathrm s . The recoil term for a strontium-mass atom ( m≈\approx1.443×\times10^{-25}\,kg\mathrm{kg} ) scales as ℏ\hbar keff2k_{\rm eff}^2T/m≈\approx5.9×\times10^{4}\,rad\mathrm{rad} . 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…

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