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Table 2 Fractional frequency shifts and uncertainties from different systematic effects in the 133Cs fountain clock, known as NPL-CsF2, at NPL [87]

From: Measuring the stability of fundamental constants with a network of clocks

133Cs effect

Shift /10−16

Uncertainty /10−16

Distributed cavity phase

0.2

1.1

Blackbody radiation

−163.5

1.0

Second-order Zeeman

2475.7

0.8

Microwave leakage

0.0

0.6

Gravity

13.0

0.5

Cold collisions

2.0

0.4

Background gas

0.0

0.3

Microwave lensing

0.6

0.3

Other

0.0

0.3

Total

 

2.0