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An Embedding Cluster Approach for Accurate Electronic Structure Calculations of (229)Th:CaF2

Kamil Nalikowski, Valera Veryazov, Kjeld Beeks +2

Building on recent advances of the embedded cluster approach combined with multiconfigurational theory, this work investigates the electronic states in thorium-doped CaF2 crystals.…

physics.ins-det2024

A method to detect the VUV photons from cooled Th:CaF crystals

Ming Guan, Michael Bartokos, Kjeld Beeks +13

Thorium-229, with its exceptionally low-energy nuclear excited state, is a key candidate for developing nuclear clocks. Th-doped CaF crystals, benefiting from calcium f…

physics.atom-ph2024

Temperature sensitivity of a Thorium-229 solid-state nuclear clock

Jacob S. Higgins, Tian Ooi, Jack F. Doyle +5

Quantum state-resolved spectroscopy of the low energy thorium-229 nuclear transition was recently achieved. The five allowed transitions within the electric quadrupole structure we…

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Fine-structure constant sensitivity of the Th-229 nuclear clock transition

Kjeld Beeks, Georgy A. Kazakov, Fabian Schaden +12

State-resolved laser spectroscopy at the 10 precision level recently reported in :2406.18719 determined the fractional change in nuclear quadrupole moment between th…

physics.atom-ph2024

Frequency ratio of the Th nuclear isomeric transition and the Sr atomic clock

Chuankun Zhang, Tian Ooi, Jacob S. Higgins +9

Optical atomic clocks use electronic energy levels to precisely keep track of time. A clock based on nuclear energy levels promises a next-generation platform for precision…

nucl-ex2024

Controlling Th isomeric state population in a VUV transparent crystal

Takahiro Hiraki, Koichi Okai, Michael Bartokos +27

The radioisotope Th-229 is renowned for its extraordinarily low-energy, long-lived nuclear first-excited state. This isomeric state can be excited by VUV lasers and the transition…