# Lifetime Measurement of the ^{229}Th Nuclear Isomer.

@article{Seiferle2017LifetimeMO,
title={Lifetime Measurement of the ^\{229\}Th Nuclear Isomer.},
author={B. Seiferle and Lars von der Wense and P. Thirolf},
journal={Physical review letters},
year={2017},
volume={118 4},
pages={
042501
}
}
• Published 2017
• Physics, Medicine
• Physical review letters
The first excited isomeric state of ^{229}Th possesses the lowest energy among all known excited nuclear states. The expected energy is accessible with today's laser technology and in principle allows for a direct optical laser excitation of the nucleus. The isomer decays via three channels to its ground state (internal conversion, γ decay, and bound internal conversion), whose strengths depend on the charge state of ^{229m}Th. We report on the measurement of the internal-conversion decay half… Expand
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