Steering the Frequency of Hydrogen Master Based on Pulsar Observations

Abstract

Hydrogen masters have high short-term stability, using them as master clocks can generate high-precision local standard time in a short period of time. However, the hydrogen maser has a frequency drift phenomenon, which leads to its poor long-term stability, thus affecting the accuracy of the local time. The rotation of the millisecond pulsar is highly stable. With the help of its high long-term stability, it can regularly control the frequency of the hydrogen atomic clock, thus control the real-time signal. The stability of four millisecond pulsars in the second data set released by the International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) is analyzed. At the same time, the frequency stability of a hydrogen maser of the National Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NTSC) is analyzed by Hadamard variance. Finally, a strategy for steering the frequency of hydrogen master using pulsars is given.