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With the transfer of certain activities from the former Length Section at the end of 2005, the BIPM Time Section became the Time, Frequency and Gravimetry Section as of January 2006. For more information about current activities, see the Time, Frequency and Gravimetry Department.

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2005

Arias E.F., The metrology of time, Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. A, 2005, 363, 2289-2305

Arias E.F., Gontier A.-M., Barache C., Maintenance and extension of the ICRF: validation of individual celestial reference framces, In IERS Annual Report 2005, 2005, 58-61

Arias E.F., Jiang Z., Lewandowski W., Petit G., BIPM comparison of time transfer techniques, Proc. Joint IEEE FCS and PTTI (Vancouver, Canada), 2005, 312-315

Arias E.F., Petit G., Estimation of the duration of the scale unit of TAI with primary frequency standards, Proc. Joint IEEE FCS and PTTI (Vancouver, Canada), 2005, 244-246

Bize S., Laurent P., Abgrall M., Marion H., Maksimovic I., Cacciapuoti L., Grünert J., Vian C., Pereira dos Santos F., Rosenbusch P., Lemonde P., Santarelli G., Wolf P., Clairon A., Luiten A., Tobar M., Salomon C., Cold atom clocks and applications, J. Phys. B., 2005, 38, S449-S468

Foks A., Lewandowski W., Nawrocki J., Frequency biases calibration of GLONASS P-code time receivers, Proc. 19th EFTF (Besançon, France), 2005, CD-Rom

Guinot B., Arias E.F., Atomic time-keeping from 1955 to the present, Metrologia, 2005, 42(3), S20-S30

Lewandowski W., Foks A., Jiang Z., Nawrocki J., Nogas P., Recent progress in GLONASS time transfer, Proc. Joint IEEE FCS and PTTI (Vancouver, Canada), 2005, 728-734

Lewandowski W., Matsakis D., Panfilo G., Tavella P., On the evaluation of uncertainties in [UTC – UTC(k)], Proc. 19th EFTF (Besançon, France), 2005, CD-Rom

Lewandowski W., Matsakis D., Panfilo G., Tavella P., Refining the evaluation of uncertainties in [UTC – UTC(k)], Proc. Joint IEEE FCS and PTTI (Vancouver, Canada), 2005, 383-391

Petit G., Long-term stability and accuracy of TAI, Proc. 19th EFTF (Besançon, France), 2005, 79-82

Petit G., Jiang Z., Redundancy and correlation in TAI time links, Proc. Joint IEEE FCS and PTTI (Vancouver, Canada), 2005, 346-349

Petit G., Wolf P., Relativistic theory for time comparisons: a review, Metrologia, 2005, 42(3), S138-S144

Tobar M.E., Wolf P. et al., New tests of Lorentz invariance in the photon sector using precision oscillators and interferometers, CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Proc. 3rd Meeting, Bloomington (V.A. Kostelecký, ed.), World Scientific, 2005, 20-28

Tobar M.E., Wolf P., Fowler A., Hartnett J.G., New methods of testing Lorentz violation in electrodynamics, Phys. Rev. D, 2005, 71, 025004

2004

Arias E.F., Bouquillon S., Representation of the International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) by different sets of selected radio sources, Astron. Astrophys., 2004, 422, 1105-1108

Bize S., Wolf P. et al.., Advances in atomic fountains, C.R. Acad. Sci., Physique, 2004, 5, 829-843

Bize S., Wolf P., et al., Cold atom clocks, precision oscillators and fundamental tests (In Astrophysics, Clocks and Fundamental Constants), Lecture Notes in Physics (Springer), 2004, 648, 189-207

De Biasi M.S., Osorio J., Amenna J., Esperón C., Arias E.F., The Observatorio Naval Buenos Aires time service, Astrometry in Latin America (ADeLA Publications Series No. 1), 2004, 25-28

Fey A.L., Ma C., Arias E.F., Charlot P., Feissel-Vernier M., Gontier A.-M., Jacobs Ch.S., Sovers O.J., Li J., MacMillan D., The second extension of the International Celectial Reference Frame: ICRF-EXT.1, Astron. J., 2004, 127, 3587-3608

Foks A., Lewandowski W., Nawrocki J., Latest calibration of GLONASS P-code time receivers, Proc. 36th PTTI, 2004, 99-104

Lewandowski W., International Atomic Time and time transfer, Artificial Satellites, 2004, 40, 71-81

Lewandowski W., Cordara F., Lorini L, Pettiti V., Bauch A., Piester D., Koudelka O., A simultaneous calibration of the IEN/PTB time link by GPS CV and TWSTFT portable equipment, Proc. 18th EFTF, 2004, CD-Rom

Lewandowski W., Matsakis D., Panfilo G., Tavella P., First evaluation and experimental results on the determination of uncertainties in [UTC – UTC(k)], Proc. 36th PTTI, 2004, 247-261

Lewandowski W., Tisserand L., Determination of the differential time corrections for GPS time equipment located at the OP, NPL, IEN, PTB and VSL, Rapport BIPM-2004/05, 17 pp

Lewandowski W., Tisserand L., Determination of the differential time corrections for GPS time equipment located at the OP, PTB, AOS, KRISS, CRL, NIST, USNO and APL, Rapport BIPM-2004/06, 29 pp

Lewandowski W., Tisserand L., Determination of the differential time corrections for GPS time equipment located at the OP and CH, Rapport BIPM-2004/08, 15 pp

Marion H., Wolf P. et al., First observation of Feshbach resonances at very low magnetic field in a ¹³³Cs fountain, Proc. 18th EFTF, 2004, CD-Rom

McCarthy D.D., Petit G., eds., IERS Conventions, IERS Technical Note 32 (Verlag BKG), 2004, 127 pp

Petit G., Stability and accuracy of geodetic GPS time links compared to two way time transfer, Proc. ATF 2004, 2004, 1-7

Petit G., Jiang Z,, Stability of geodetic GPS time links and their comparison to two-way time transfer, Proc. 36th PTTI, 2004, 31-39

Petit G., Jiang Z., Stability and accuracy of GPS P3 time links, Proc. 18th EFTF, 2004, CD-Rom (file 066.pdf)

Senior K., Ray J., Petit G., Comparison of instrumental and empirical station timing biases for a set of Ashtech Z12T geodetic GPS receivers, Proc. 18th EFTF, 2004, CD-Rom (file 063.pdf)

Weiss M., Zhang V., Lewandowski W., Uhrich P., Valat D., NIST and OP GPS receiver spanning twenty years 1983–2003, Proc. 18th EFTF, 2004, CD-Rom

Wolf P., Bize S., Clairon A., Luiten A.N., Santarelli G., Tobar M.E., manquant, Phys. Rev. D, 2004, 70, 051902

Wolf P., Tobar M.E., Bize S., Clairon A., Luiten A.N., Santarelli G., Whispering gallery resonators and tests of Lorentz invariance, Gen. Rel. Grav., 2004, 36, 2351-2372

2003

Altamimi Z., Boucher C., Ray J., Petit G., TRF datum definition and geocenter motion estimate (Abstract), EOS Trans. AGU (Fall Meeting Supplement), 2003, 84(46), G21A-01

Arias E.F., Bouquillon S., Gontier A.-M., Maintenance and extension of the ICRF: validation of individual celestial reference frames, IERS Annual Report 2002 (Verlag BKG), 2003, 54-57

Azoubib J., Nawrocki J., Lewandowski W., Independent atomic timescale in Poland – organization and results, Metrologia, 2003, 40(3), S245-S248

Defraigne P., Petit G., Time transfer to TAI using geodetic receivers, Metrologia, 2003, 40(4), 184-188

Lamine B., Wolf P. et al., Relic gravitational waves and the isotropy of spacetime, Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity (Dumarchez J., Tran Tranh Van J. eds.), The Goi Publishers, Viet Nam, 2003, 307-314

Lewandowski W., Moussay P., Determination of the differential time corrections for GPS time equipment located at the OP, NPL, VSL and OCA, Rapport BIPM-2003/04, 21 pp

Lewandowski W., Moussay P., Determination of the differential time corrections for GPS time equipment located at the OP, NTSC, CRL, NMIJ, TL and NML, Rapport BIPM-2003/05, 24 pp

Petit G., Towards an optimal weighting scheme for TAI computation, Metrologia, 2003, 40(3), S252-S256

Petit G., A new realization of Terrestrial Time, Proc. 35th PTTI, 2003, 307-316

Petit G., The new IAU'2000 conventions for coordinated times and time transformations, Journées 2001 Systèmes de Référence Spatio-Temporels, 2003, 163-168

Petit G., The height of frequency standards, Physics World, 2003, 20-21

Petit G., Davoust E., Fayard T., Progress report on a survey for submillisecond pulsars, In Radio Pulsars, ASP Conf. Series, 2003, 302, 137

Ray J., Petit G., Altamimi Z., Requirements for improved definitions and realizations of the ITRF origin and geocenter motion (Abstract), EOS Trans. AGU (Fall Meeting Supplement), 2003, 84(46), G22B-09

Soffel M., Klioner S., Petit G., Wolf P. et al., The IAU 2000 resolutions for astrometry, celestial mechanics, and metrology in the relativistic framework: explanatory supplement, Astron. J., 2003, 126, 2687-2706

Wolf P., Bize S., Clairon A., Luiten A.N., Santarelli G., Tobar M.E., Tests of Lorentz invariance using a microwave resonator: an update, Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity (Dumarchez J., Tran Tranh Van J. eds.), The Goi Publishers, Viet Nam, 2003, 315-321

Wolf P., Bize S., Clairon A., Luiten A.N., Santarelli G., Tobar M.E., Tests of Lorentz invariance using a microwave resonator: an update, Proc. 2003 IEEE FCS/17th EFTF (Tampa, United States), 2003, 205-210

Wolf P., Bize S., Clairon A., Luiten A.N., Santarelli G., Tobar M.E., Tests of Lorentz invariance using a microwave resonator, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2003, 90(6), 060402