University of California: Thorium Film Could Replace Crystals in Atomic Clocks of the Near Future
December 19, 2024
December 19, 2024
LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release:
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UCLA physicists have developed a new film that requires much less of the rare thorium-229 and is significantly less radioactive
Key takeaways
* Atomic clocks that excite the nucleus of thorium-229 embedded in a transparent crystal when hit by a laser beam could yield the most accurate measurements ever of time and gravity, and even . . .
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UCLA physicists have developed a new film that requires much less of the rare thorium-229 and is significantly less radioactive
Key takeaways
* Atomic clocks that excite the nucleus of thorium-229 embedded in a transparent crystal when hit by a laser beam could yield the most accurate measurements ever of time and gravity, and even . . .