Application till: 21.05.2021
The thorium-229 nucleus has a state which is at an unusually low excitation energy of approximately 8 eV. This allows laser spectroscopy methods to be applied to a nuclear transition for the first time and opens up the possibility for a novel, extremely precise optical “nuclear clock” as well as for testing fundamentals of physics as regards the strong interactions. Your work in Working Group 4.44 will focus on:
• Participating in developing and setting up a VUV laser system at a wavelength of 150 nm and with a beam line towards an ion trap
• VUV laser spectroscopy on trapped ions, resonant laser excitation, and laser spectroscopy of the thorium-229 nucleus
• Investigating the laser excitation of Th-229 in doped crystals produced by our cooperation partner at the TU Wien, Austria
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