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This project investigates the properties of the thorium-229 nuclear isomer to develop a highly precise nuclear clock. By employing advanced techniques, the research aims to enhance our understanding of this isomer, which could revolutionize timekeeping and impact various scientific fields.
The existence of a low-lying nuclear isomer of thorium-229 at 8.28 eV was suggested several decades ago but was only recently identified via the observation of its decay signal.
The low energy and an estimated relative decay width of around 10^{-19} open new possibilities for the development of a nuclear frequency standard-a nuclear clock, which can outperform the existing atomic clocks.
This will have far-reaching consequences, such as in metrology, dark matter research, geodesy and time variat…
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
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