Researchers Sync Denny Chimes With UA's Atomic Clock

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The University of Alabama announced this week that Denny Chimes has been synchronized with the institution’s in-house atomic clock timescale, which represents a significant step in precision timekeeping.

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Under the direction of Thejesh Bandi, associate professor and technical director of the ACCEPT program in the department of physics and astronomy, the program is housed within UA’s QuanTime Lab.

As part of the program's research, students created a clock ensemble that combines multiple atomic clocks and validates time against the global standard, Coordinated Universal Time.

“We have built our own clock ensemble, which means multiple kinds of atomic clocks combined to give the best performance output,” Bandi said

The new system now distributes that atomic time to Denny Chimes.

“Our timing systems are stable down to the nanoseconds,” Bandi said.

With the upgrade, anyone can synchronize their computer clock to UA’s precision time server, with researchers explaining that users on campus can sync to the time server at 10.10.65.10, and anyone off campus can sync their time settings to Rolltime.ua.edu or 130.160.143.225.

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