Publications

Below you can find a list of all our publications related to our Special Research Program. Click on the links to find the full papers!

2025

Characterization of the thorium-229 defect structure in CaF₂ crystals
S. Takatori, M. Pimon, S. Pollitt, M. Bartokos, K. Beeks A. Grüneis, T. Hiraki, T. Honma, N. Hosseini, A. Leitner, T. Masuda, I. Morawetz, K. Nitta, K. Okai, T. Riebner, F. Schaden, T. Schumm, O. Sekizawa, T. Sikorsky, Y. Takahashi, L. Toscani De Col, R. Yamamoto, T. Yomogida, A. Yoshimi, K. Yoshimura
New Journal of Physics 27, 043024 (2025)

Photoexcitation of the ²²⁹Th nuclear clock transition using twisted light
T. Kirschbaum, T. Schumm, A. Pálffy
Phys. Rev. C 110, 064326 (2024)
Frequency ratio of the ^229mTh nuclear isomeric transition and the ⁸⁷Sr atomic clock
C. Zhang, T. Ooi, J.S. Higgins, J.F. Doyle, L. von der Wense, K. Beeks, A. Leitner, G.A. Kazakov, P. Li, P.G. Thirolf, T. Schumm, J. Ye
Nature 633, 63–70 (2024)
Controlling ²²⁹Th isomeric state population in a VUV transparent crystal
T. Hiraki, K. Okai, M. Bartokos, K. Beeks, H. Fujimoto, Y. Fukunaga, H. Haba, Y. Kasamatsu, S. Kitao, A. Leitner, T. Masuda, M. Guan, N. Nagasawa, R. Ogake, M. Pimon, M. Pressler, N. Sasao, F. Schaden, T. Schumm, M. Seto, Y. Shigekawa, K. Shimizu, T. Sikorsky, K. Tamasaku, S. Takatori, T. Watanabe, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yoda, A. Yoshimi, and K. Yoshimura
Nature Communications 15, 5536 (2024)
Laser Excitation of the Th-229 Nucleus
J. Tiedau, M. V. Okhapkin, K. Zhang, J. Thielking, G. Zitzer, E. Peik, F. Schaden, T. Pronebner, I. Morawetz, L. Toscani De Col, F. Schneider, A. Leitner, M. Pressler, G. A. Kazakov, K. Beeks, T. Sikorsky, and T. Schumm
Physical Review Letters Vol. 132, Iss. 18 (2024)