Ab initio calculations of ${}^{229}$Th band-to-band internal conversion rate in ${}^{229}$ThO${}_2$

Udeshika C. Perera, H. B. Tran Tan, H. W. T. Morgan +3

We present an ab initio calculation of the band-to-band internal-conversion rate of the $\hslash {\omega }_{\mathrm{nuc}}\approx 8.35$ eV isomeric transition in ${}^{229}$ThO${}_2$. Because the nucle…