On the Direct Detection of 229m Th / by Lars Von der Wense

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Von der Wense, Lars [aut]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research | SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018Description: Online-Ressource (XIX, 224 p. 76 illus., 14 illus. in color, online resource)ISBN:

9783319704616

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Hochschulschrift

Additional physical formats: 9783319704609 | Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-70460-9 Druck-AusgabeLOC classification:

QC770-798 QC702.7.H42 QC793.5.H32-793.5.H329
QC770-798
QC702.7.H42
QC793.5.H32-793.5.H329

DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70461-6Online resources:

Summary: This thesis describes the first detection of a nuclear transition that had been sought for 40 years, and marks the essential first step toward developing nuclear clocks. Atomic clocks are currently the most reliable timekeepers. Still, they could potentially be outperformed by nuclear clocks, based on a nuclear transition instead of the atomic transitions employed to date. An elusive, extraordinary state in thorium-229 seems to be the only nuclear transition suitable for this purpose and feasible using currently available technology. Despite repeated efforts over the past 40 years, until recently we had not yet successfully detected the decay of this elusive state. Addressing this gap, the thesis lays the foundation for the development of a new, better frequency standard, which will likely have numerous applications in satellite navigation and rapid data transfer. Further, it makes it possible to improve the constraints for time variations of fundamental constants and opens up the field of nuclear coherent control.PPN: PPN: 1658623088Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SXP | ZDB-2-PHA

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