S. V. Pineda, P. Chhetri, S. Bara, Y. Elskens, S. Casci, A. N. Alexandrova, M. Au, M. Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, M. Bartokos, K. Beeks, C. Bernerd, A. Claessens, K. Chrysalidis, T. E. Cocolios, J. G. Correia, H. De Witte, R. Elwell, R. Ferrer, R. Heinke, E. R. Hudson, F. Ivandikov, Yu. Kudryavtsev, U. Köster, S. Kraemer, M. Laatiaoui, R. Lica, C. Merckling, I. Morawetz, H. W. T. Morgan, D. Moritz, L. M. C. Pereira, S. Raeder, S. Rothe, F. Schaden, K. Scharl, T. Schumm, S. Stegemann, J. Terhune, P. G. Thirolf, S. M. Tunhuma, P. Van Den Bergh, P. Van Duppen, A. Vantomme, U. Wahl, Z. Yue
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Abstract
A comparative vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy study conducted at ISOLDE-CERN
of the radiative decay of the $^{229m}$Th nuclear clock isomer embedded in
different host materials is reported. The ratio of the number of radiative
decay photons and the number of $^{229m}$Th embedded are determined for single
crystalline CaF$_2$, MgF$_2$, LiSrAlF$_6$, AlN, and amorphous SiO$_2$. For the
latter two materials, no radiative decay signal was observed and an upper limit
of the ratio is reported. The radiative decay wavelength was determined in
LiSrAlF$_6$ and CaF$_2$, reducing its uncertainty by a factor of 2.5 relative
to our previous measurement. This value is in agreement with the recently
reported improved values from laser excitation.