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Caesium standard

The Caesium standard is a primary frequency standard with the exact value

ΔνCs = 9 192 631 770 Hz

 


Explanation

The duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of caesium, is in SI units defined as being 1 second.

 


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