Conveners
Fundamental Interactions
- Luis M Fraile (Universidad Complutense (ES))
The four fundamental interactions and their symmetries, the fundamental constants as well as the properties of elementary particles like masses and moments, determine the basic structure of the universe and are the basis for our so well tested Standard Model (SM) of physics. Performing stringent tests on these interactions and symmetries in extreme conditions at lowest energies and with...
Due to its low excitation energy around 8.3 eV, the unique $^{229}$Th isomer is the ideal candidate for developing a nuclear clock [1]. Such a clock would be particularly suited for fundamental physics studies [1]. In the past, measuring the isomer's radiative decay from a large-bandgap crystal with $^{229\text{m}}$Th embedded, has proven difficult: the commonly used population of the isomer...
