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Lifetime Measurement of the ^{229}Th Nuclear Isomer
Benedict Seiferle et al. Phys Rev Lett. 2017.
Abstract
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-life of neutral ^{229m}Th. A half-life of 7±1 μs has been measured, which is in the range of theoretical predictions and, based on the theoretically expected lifetime of ≈10^{4} s of the photonic decay channel, gives further support for an internal conversion coefficient of ≈10^{9}, thus constraining the strength of a radiative branch in the presence of internal conversion.
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