5th Science Workshop of the Program MML

Session

MML Award Ceremony

Oct 21, 2025, 3:00 PM

Johann-Gottfried-Tulla-Hörsaal (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

200. Introduction to the Session

Prof. Jochen Küpper (MML) (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY & Helmholtz program MATTER-MML), Edgar Weckert

10/21/25, 3:00 PM

59. From the Atomic to the Nuclear Clock

Peter Thirolf (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)

10/21/25, 3:15 PM

61. Formal act

Jochen Küpper

177. From the Atomic to the Nuclear Clock

Peter Thirolf (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)

RT1

Talk

The quest for an optical nuclear frequency standard, the ‘nuclear clock’ based on the elusive and uniquely low-energetic ‘thorium isomer’ 229mTh, has increasingly triggered experimental and theoretical research activities in numerous groups worldwide in the last decade. Today’s most precise timekeeping is based on optical atomic clocks. However, those could potentially be outperformed by a...

60. Laudatio

Helmut Dosch

63. MML in MATTER

Sebastian Schmidt

62. Scientific presentation

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