A spinless crystal for a high-performance solid-state ${}^{229}$Th nuclear clock

Harry W. T. Morgan, James E. S. Terhune, Ricky Elwell +5

Solid-state ${}^{229}$Th nuclear clocks require a host material whose band gap is larger than the 8.4 eV nuclear transition energy. As such, excitation of the ${}^{229}$Th nuclear stat…