[time-nuts] You can build a fountain from the things you find at home...

[Attila Kinali]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:11:57 +0200
Magnus Danielson <magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:

 
> A hydrogen maser would be possible if you can tool such large 
> structures. The glaswork might be a challenge and also the magnet assembly.

What is difficult about the magnet assembly?

> A variant which might be of interest is ion traps. Should not need that 
> complex mechanics even if it has some challenges.

Scratch that. Building traps requires highly controlled magnetic fields
with precisly defined gradients, tunable lasers and stuff like that.
Nothing you can get your hands on easily. And probably not something
you can get working unless someone shows you how to do it.
 
> Trying to approach any of these would require reading up on a large 
> number of articles and patents to kind of "learn" the field. In alla of 
> these, getting full performance would involved much effort.

I wouldnt try to read patents. These are convoluted beasts, written by lawyers
for lawyers. If you want to understand the technology, read the papers. Most
of them are eithe freely available or for a small fee. If you have a good
university nearby you can find them for sure in the physics library.



			Attila Kinli

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