Lasers as a Bridge between Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Abstract

This paper reviews the application of optical and UV laser radiation to several topics in low-energy nuclear physics. We consider the laser-induced nuclear anti-Stokes transitions, the laser-assisted and the laser-induced internal conversion, and the Electron Bridge and Inverse Electron Bridge mechanisms as tools for deexciting and exciting of low-lying nuclear isomeric states. A study of the anomalous, by low-lying, nuclear isomeric states (on an example of the ${}^{229}$Th nucleus) is presented in detail.

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• Direct detection of the 229Th nuclear clock transition
• Laser spectroscopic characterization of the nuclear clock isomer ${}^{229m}$Th
• Observation of the radiative decay of the ${}^{229}\mathrm{Th}$ nuclear clock isomer
• Nuclear quantum optics with x-ray laser pulses
• Nuclear clocks based on resonant excitation of gamma-transitions
• X-ray pumping of the Th-229 nuclear clock isomer
• Electric dipole-forbidden nuclear transitions driven by super-intense laser fields
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• On an attempt to optically excite the nuclear isomer in Th-229
• Energy levels of Th+ between 7.3 and 8.3 eV
• Concepts for direct frequency-comb spectroscopy of ${}^{229\text{m}}$Th and an internal-conversion-based solid-state nuclear clock
• The nuclear AC-Stark shift in super-intense laser fields
• The theory of direct laser excitation of nuclear transitions
• A three-beam setup for coherently controlling nuclear state population
• Two-photon laser excitation of trapped 232Th+ ions via the 402 nm resonance line
• Muon pair creation from positronium in a linearly polarized laser field
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• Observation of an unexpected negative isotope shift in 229Th+ and its theoretical explanation
• Cooperative effects in nuclear excitation with coherent x-ray light
• Laser-induced nonresonant nuclear excitation in muonic atoms
• Quantum interference effects in an ensemble of ${}^{229}$Th nuclei interacting with coherent light
• Continuous-wave laser source at the 148 nm nuclear transition of Th-229
• The extraction of 229Th3+ from a buffer-gas stopping cell
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