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

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Author(s)

Kjeld Beeks, Georgy Kazakov, Fabian Schaden, Ira Morawetz, Luca Toscani De Col, Thomas Riebner, Tomas Sikorsky, Thorsten Schumm, Chuankun Zhang, Tian Ooi, Jacob Higgins, Jack Doyle, Jun Ye, Marianna Safronova
Citation
Nature Communications
Volume
16

Keywords

fundamental physics, optical clock

Citation

Beeks, K. , Kazakov, G. , Schaden, F. , Morawetz, I. , Toscani De Col, L. , Riebner, T. , Sikorsky, T. , Schumm, T. , Zhang, C. , Ooi, T. , Higgins, J. , Doyle, J. , Ye, J. and Safronova, M. (2025), Fine-structure constant sensitivity of the Th-229 nuclear clock transition, Nature Communications, [online], https://doi.org/ 10.1038/s41467-025-64191-7, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=958421 (Accessed February 24, 2026)

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Created October 15, 2025, Updated February 23, 2026
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