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Table 3 Fractional frequency shifts and uncertainties from different systematic effects in the 87Sr optical lattice clock at JILA [89]

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

87Sr effect

Shift /10−18

Uncertainty /10−18

Blackbody radiation (environment)

−4974.1

0.2

Blackbody radiation (coefficient)

–

1.5

Lattice AC Stark

−21.3

1.2

Density

−12.3

0.4

Background gas

−3.7

0.4

d.c. Stark

0.0

0.3

Second-order Zeeman

−176.9

0.2

Servo

0.0

0.2

Total

 

2.0