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physics.atom-ph2026

Defect assignment of the clock site in

Daniel A. Rehn, Harry W. T. Morgan, Harris E. Mason +6

The paper reexamines which crystal defect hosts the 229Th nucleus in CaF2, showing that an isolated Th4+ substituting for Ca2+ with two nearby fluoride interstitials best explains…