Elusive transition spotted in thorium

Marianna Safronova ()
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Marianna Safronova: University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA.

Nature, 2016, vol. 533, issue 7601, 44-45

Abstract: The highly precise atomic clocks used in science and technology are based on electronic transitions in atoms. The discovery of a nuclear transition in thorium-229 raises hopes of making nuclear clocks a reality. See Article p.47

Date: 2016
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