The First Nuclear Clock Will Test if Fundamental Constants Change | JILA

Author	Joseph Howlett
Teaser	An ultra-precise measurement of a transition in the hearts of thorium atoms gives physicists a tool to probe the forces that bind the universe.
Title of Magazine or Source	Quantz Magazine
Year of Publication	2022
Date Published	2024-09
Publisher	An editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation
PDF	The First Nuclear Clock Will Test if Fundamental Constants Change _ Quanta Magazine.pdf18.1 MB
Link to online article	https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-first-nuclear-clock-will-test-if-fundamental-constants-change-20240904/
JILA PI	Jun Ye
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