Excitation and probing of low-energy nuclear states at high-energy storage rings
^{229}Th with a low-lying nuclear isomeric state is an essential candidate for a nuclear clock as well as many other applications. Laser excitation of the isomeric state has been a long-standing goal. With relativistic ^{229}Th ions in storage rings, high-power lasers with wavelengths in the visible...
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| author | Junlan Jin Hendrik Bekker Tobias Kirschbaum Yuri A. Litvinov Adriana Pálffy Jonas Sommerfeldt Andrey Surzhykov Peter G. Thirolf Dmitry Budker |
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| description | ^{229}Th with a low-lying nuclear isomeric state is an essential candidate for a nuclear clock as well as many other applications. Laser excitation of the isomeric state has been a long-standing goal. With relativistic ^{229}Th ions in storage rings, high-power lasers with wavelengths in the visible range or longer can be used to achieve high excitation rates of ^{229}Th isomers. This can be realized through direct resonant excitation or excitation via an intermediate nuclear or electronic state, facilitated by the tunability of both the laser-beam and ion-bunch parameters. Unique opportunities are offered by highly charged ^{229}Th ions due to the nuclear-state mixing. The significantly reduced isomeric-state lifetime corresponds to a much higher excitation rate for direct resonant excitation. Importantly, we propose electric dipole transitions changing both the electronic and nuclear states that are opened by the nuclear hyperfine mixing. We suggest using them for efficient isomer excitation in Li-like ^{229}Th ions, via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage or single-laser excitation. We also propose schemes for probing the isomers, utilizing nuclear radiative decay or laser spectroscopy on electronic transitions, through which the isomeric-state energy can be determined with an orders-of-magnitude higher precision than the current value. The schemes proposed here for ^{229}Th could also be adapted to low-energy nuclear states in other nuclei, such as ^{229}Pa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-648e27486f164d87bbc8fcf1436848582024-04-12T17:31:23ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Research2643-15642023-05-015202313410.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.023134Excitation and probing of low-energy nuclear states at high-energy storage ringsJunlan JinHendrik BekkerTobias KirschbaumYuri A. LitvinovAdriana PálffyJonas SommerfeldtAndrey SurzhykovPeter G. ThirolfDmitry Budker^{229}Th with a low-lying nuclear isomeric state is an essential candidate for a nuclear clock as well as many other applications. Laser excitation of the isomeric state has been a long-standing goal. With relativistic ^{229}Th ions in storage rings, high-power lasers with wavelengths in the visible range or longer can be used to achieve high excitation rates of ^{229}Th isomers. This can be realized through direct resonant excitation or excitation via an intermediate nuclear or electronic state, facilitated by the tunability of both the laser-beam and ion-bunch parameters. Unique opportunities are offered by highly charged ^{229}Th ions due to the nuclear-state mixing. The significantly reduced isomeric-state lifetime corresponds to a much higher excitation rate for direct resonant excitation. Importantly, we propose electric dipole transitions changing both the electronic and nuclear states that are opened by the nuclear hyperfine mixing. We suggest using them for efficient isomer excitation in Li-like ^{229}Th ions, via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage or single-laser excitation. We also propose schemes for probing the isomers, utilizing nuclear radiative decay or laser spectroscopy on electronic transitions, through which the isomeric-state energy can be determined with an orders-of-magnitude higher precision than the current value. The schemes proposed here for ^{229}Th could also be adapted to low-energy nuclear states in other nuclei, such as ^{229}Pa.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.023134 |
| spellingShingle | Junlan Jin Hendrik Bekker Tobias Kirschbaum Yuri A. Litvinov Adriana Pálffy Jonas Sommerfeldt Andrey Surzhykov Peter G. Thirolf Dmitry Budker Excitation and probing of low-energy nuclear states at high-energy storage rings Physical Review Research |
| title | Excitation and probing of low-energy nuclear states at high-energy storage rings |
| title_full | Excitation and probing of low-energy nuclear states at high-energy storage rings |
| title_fullStr | Excitation and probing of low-energy nuclear states at high-energy storage rings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Excitation and probing of low-energy nuclear states at high-energy storage rings |
| title_short | Excitation and probing of low-energy nuclear states at high-energy storage rings |
| title_sort | excitation and probing of low energy nuclear states at high energy storage rings |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.023134 |
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