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  "abstract": "Determining a clock's precision usually requires comparison with a better time reference, yet no ideal reference is physically attainable. We show how a single clock can characterise its own precision using only a signal splitter and delayed trigger, whose uncertainty is explicitly accounted for. The resulting estimator depends only on tick-count statistics. A purpose-built electronic circuit validates the method without an external timekeeper or a second clock.",
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  "title": "Characterising the precision of a clock without any external time reference",
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