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KITP Program: Thorium-229 Nuclear Clocks
(Apr 27 - May 8, 2026)
Coordinators: Steven Girvin, Eric Hudson, Leo Radzihovsky, Marianna Safronova, Thorsten Schumm, and Jun Ye

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Time Speaker Title
4/27, 10:00am Eric Hudson
UCLA
Introduction to the workshop, goals and formats, meet and greet
4/27, 12:15pm Eric Hudson
UCLA
What is a Nuclear Clock? [Video]
KITP Blackboard Lunch
4/27, 2:00pm Harry Morgan
U. Manchester
Defects and ionic configurations[Video]
4/28, 10:00am Marianna Safronova
Delaware
Fundamental Physics[Slides][Video][CC]
4/28, 2:00pm Sebastian Lahs
TU Wien
Fundamental symmetries in SM extensions[Video][CC]
4/29, 10:00am Shiqian Ding
Tsinghua Univ.
A continuous-wave laser at 148 nm for a Th-229 nuclear clock[Video][CC]
4/29, 12:15pm Marianna Safronova
Delaware
Probing ultralight dark matter: present limits & projected space limits[Slides][Video][CC]
4/29, 2:00pm R. Jason Jones
Arizona
Laser Sources for Spectroscopy in the UV and VUV[Video][CC]
4/29, 2:30pm David Leibrandt
UCLA
The UCLA 229Th3+ nuclear clock[Video][CC]
4/30, 10:00am Sandro Kraemer
KU Leuven
Thorium Nuclear Clock: From Studies of the Radiative Decay in Solids to Photonic Integration[Slides][Video][CC]
4/30, 2:00pm Daniel Carney
LBNL
Quantum Measurements[Video][CC]
4/30, 2:30pm Vidvuds Ozolins
Yale
Density Functional Theory and Discussion[Video][CC]
5/01, 10:00am Thorsten Schumm
TU Wien
229Thorium-doped crystals for nuclear clocks[Slides][Video][CC]
5/01, 2:00pm Koji Yoshimura
Okayama Univ.
Solid-state Nuclear Clock[Slides][Video][CC]
5/01, 2:30pm Shimon Kolkowitz
UCB
Enhancing solid-state nuclear clocks with color centers[Slides][Video][CC]
5/04, 10:00am Leo Radzihovsky
CU Boulder
Introductions, goals and formats, meet and greet
5/04, 1:00pm Andrei Derevianko
Nevada
Theoretical Aspects of Developing the 229Th Nuclear Clock[Slides][Video][CC]
5/04, 3:30pm Emil Pellett
CU Boulder
Th:CaF2 Crystal MD Simulations[Video]
5/04, 4:00pm Tan Hoang Bao Tran
LANL
Nuclear - electron Coupling in Density Functional Theory[Video]
5/05, 1:00pm Gilad Perez
Weizmann Inst.
Beyond SM Physics[Slides][Video][CC]
5/05, 3:30pm Kathryn Zurek
LBNL
Fundamental Questions[Video][CC]
5/05, 4:00pm Jason Arakawa
Delaware
Probing Ultralight Dark Matter at the Mega-Planck Scale with the Thorium Nuclear Clock[Video][CC]
5/06, 1:00pm Jun Ye
CU Boulder
Solid-state nuclear clock: transition frequency & linewidth[Video][CC]
5/06, 3:30pm Jack G.E. Harris
Yale
Noble materials for hosting Th ions and 148 nm photons[Video][CC]
5/06, 4:00pm Steven Girvin
Yale
Solid-State Effects in Nuclear Clocks[Video][CC]
5/07, 1:00pm David De Mille
Johns Hopkins
Room-scale probes for new physics at scales approaching 1 PeV[Slides][Video][CC]
5/07, 3:30pm Ken Van Tilburg
Stanford
Dark Matter Theory[Video]
5/07, 4:00pm Abhishek Banerjee
Maryland
Searching for Beyond the Standard Model Physics using Table Top Experiments[Slides][Video][CC]
5/08, 10:00am Lars Von Der Wense
Univ. of Mainz
The 229Th nuclear isomer - path to CW spectroscopy[Video][CC]
5/08, 2:00pm Xing Wu
MSU
Chemical synthesis and optical-cycling detection of 229,227ThO for tests of T-symmetry violation[Slides][Video][CC]
5/08, 2:45pm Jaideep Singh
MSU
FRIB Resources for the Nuclear Clock Community and Irresponsibly Speculative Nuclear Clock Candidates Such As Protactinium-229[Slides][Video][CC]
5/08, 3:30pm Steven Girvin
(Yale)
Eric Hudson
(UCLA)
Leo Radzihovsky
(CU Boulder)
Marianna Safronova
(Delaware)
Thorsten Schumm
(TU Wien)
Jun Ye
(CU Boulder)
Closing Remarks and Further Discussion
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