Beloy, K.
(2014),
Hyperfine structure in 229g-Th<sup>3+</sup> as a probe of the 229g-Th -> 229m-Th nuclear excitation energy, Physical Review Letters
(Accessed October 8, 2024)
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Hyperfine structure in 229g-Th3+ as a probe of the 229g-Th -> 229m-Th nuclear excitation energy
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Abstract
We identify a potential means to extract the 229g-Th -> 229m-Th nuclear excitation energy from precision microwave spectroscopy of the 5F5/2,7/2 hyperfine manifolds in the ion 229g-Th3+. The hyperfine interaction mixes this ground fine structure doublet with states of the nuclear isomer, introducing small but observable shifts to the hyperfine sub-levels. We demonstrate how accurate atomic structure calculations may be combined with measurement of the hyperfine intervals to quantify the effects of this mixing. Further knowledge of the magnetic dipole decay rate of the isomer, as recently reported, allows an indirect determination of the nuclear excitation energy.Citation
Physical Review Letters
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112
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Journals
Keywords
hyperfine structure, nuclear clock, thorium
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Created February 14, 2014, Updated February 19, 2017