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Time standards are now based on atomic clocks. A promising second standard is based on pulsars, which are rotating neutron stars (highly compact stars consisting only of neutrons). Some rotate at a rate that is highly stable, sending out a radio beacon that sweeps briefly across Earth once with each rotation, like a lighthouse beacon. Pulsar PSR 1937 + 21 is an example; it rotates once every 1.557 806 448 872 75±3 ms, where the trailing±3 indicates the uncertainty in the last decimal place (it does not mean±3 ms). (a) How many rotations does PSR 1937 + 21 make in 7.00 days? (b) How much time does the pulsar take to rotate exactly one million times and (c) what is the associated uncertainty?

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(a) Number of rotations in 7.00 days is3.88×108

(b) Time taken by the Pulsar for 1 million rotations is role="math" localid="1651833489654" 1557.80644887275s

(c) Associated uncertainty is±3×10-11s

Step by step solution

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Given data

The time period of rotation of the Pulsar,Pt=5578064487275ms

The uncertainty per rotation is±3×10-17s

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Understanding the atomic clock

Pulsars are rapidly rotating stars that emit radio pulses with a very regular frequency.Atomic clocks measure time by measuring the frequency of radiation emitted by atoms.An atom's natural oscillations work like the pendulum in a grandfather clock.

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(a) Determination of the number of rotations in 7 days

The frequency is reciprocal of time. Therefore,

f=1rotation1.55780644887275×10-3s… (i)

Multiply this frequency by the given time 7days in seconds to get the number of rotations.

Thus, the Pulsar makes3.88×108rotations in 7 days.

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Step 3:(b) Determination of the time taken by Pulsar for 1 million rotations

Using equation (i), time is calculated as:

n=f×t

Here number of rotations is 1×106. So

Thus, the time taken by the Pulsar to rotate one million times is1557.80644887275s

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Step 3:(c) Determination of the uncertainty

The time uncertainty per revolution is±3×10-17s

For one million revolutions, associated uncertainty is,

role="math" localid="1651834524162" Associated Uncertainty=±3×10-17×1×106=±3×10-11s

Thus, the associated uncertainty is.±3×10-11s

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