26 Feb
2012
26 Feb
'12
6:11 p.m.
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Larry Hastings <larry@hastings.org> wrote:
It's probably neutral. But I do have one question: can you foresee the scientific community moving to a finer resolution than nanoseconds in our lifetimes?
I think we're already there. Even just in radio astronomy new arrays like ALMA which operate a terahertz frequencies are looking at picosecond or possibly femtosecond timing accuracy (ALMA operates at ~1000 times higher frequency than MeerKAT so they need ~1000 times more accurate timing). E.g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/29/alma-radio-telescope-chile-ast... Schiavo Simon