1. Radiative Decay of the $^{229m}$Th Nuclear Clock Isomer in Different Host Materials
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Pineda, S. V., Chhetri, P., Bara, S., Elskens, Y., Casci, S., Alexandrova, A. N., Au, M., Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, M., Bartokos, M., Beeks, K., Bernerd, C., Claessens, A., Chrysalidis, K., Cocolios, T. E., Correia, J. G., De Witte, H., Elwell, R., Ferrer, R., Heinke, R., Hudson, E. R., Ivandikov, F., Kudryavtsev, Yu., Köster, U., Kraemer, S., Laatiaoui, M., Lica, R., Merckling, C., Morawetz, I., Morgan, H. W. T., Moritz, D., Pereira, L. M. C., Raeder, S., Rothe, S., Schaden, F., Scharl, K., Schumm, T., Stegemann, S., Terhune, J., Thirolf, P. G., Tunhuma, S. M., Bergh, P. Van Den, Van Duppen, P., Vantomme, A., Wahl, U., and Yue, Z.
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Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
A comparative vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy study conducted at ISOLDE-CERN of the radiative decay of the $^{229m}$Th nuclear clock isomer embedded in different host materials is reported. The ratio of the number of radiative decay photons and the number of $^{229m}$Th embedded are determined for single crystalline CaF$_2$, MgF$_2$, LiSrAlF$_6$, AlN, and amorphous SiO$_2$. For the latter two materials, no radiative decay signal was observed and an upper limit of the ratio is reported. The radiative decay wavelength was determined in LiSrAlF$_6$ and CaF$_2$, reducing its uncertainty by a factor of 2.5 relative to our previous measurement. This value is in agreement with the recently reported improved values from laser excitation.
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- 2024