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The development of atomic standards based on quantum resonance in neutral atoms confined by diffusion through a buffer gas, or collisions with inert walls, culminated in the hydrogen maser, a standard of astonishingly high stability. However, as explained in the last chapter, for certain applications the hydrogen maser suffers from two deficiencies: First, its lack of portability due to its size and the need for elaborate magnetic shielding, and second, the wall shift that limits its absolute accuracy, and disqualifies it as a primary standard.
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Major, F.G. (1998). The Confinement of Ions. In: The Quantum Beat. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2923-8_12
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