science1 publisher
Thorium-229's clock transition shows up in absorption under a sub-nanowatt continuous laser
Physicists reporting in Nature drove the 8.4-electronvolt nuclear transition in a thorium-doped calcium fluoride crystal and read the resonance as a dip in the transmitted beam, a detection route that works without waiting for the excited nucleus to decay.
Publishers:nature.com
Reality
- Evidence74
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+5
- Incentives40
- Confidence63