${}^{229}$Th Nuclear Spectroscopy in an Opaque Material: Laser-Based Conversion Electron Mössbauer Spectroscopy of ${}^{229}$ThO${}_2$

Ricky Elwell, James E. S. Terhune, Christian Schneider +11

Here, we report the first demonstration of laser-induced conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy of the ${}^{229}$Th nuclear isomeric state, which provides the ability to probe t…