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The measurement was already confirmed by a different group: https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12311 https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12311 This is important since impuritie
by fsh 2y ago
The measurement was already confirmed by a different group: https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12311 https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12311
This is important since impurities in the crystals used lead to all kinds of fluorescence that could be mistaken for a signal from the Thorium ions. Now two groups have seen exactly the same signal in different Thorium-doped crystals which is very covincing that they have found the actual nuclear transition.
- dguest 2y agoI went looking for an arXiv link for this paper and found the one you linked. Kind of weird that this new paper is only on the group's website [1] and not on the arXiv. [1]: https://www.tuwien.at/fileadmin/Assets/tu-wien/News/2024/Thorium_Preprint.pdf https://www.tuwien.at/fileadmin/Assets/tu-wien/News/2024/Tho...
- data_maan 2y agoWho will claim priority now?
- jahnu 2y agoAs I understand it, that is not an independent discovery but rather replication/confirmation of the results described in the original 14th of March paper by PTB & TU Wien.
- tromp 2y agoI find it satisfying to see a researcher called THORsten SchUMm devoting his research to THORiUM.
- lordfrito 2y agoLol that's a comic book name if I ever heard one. He's only one lab accident away from becoming a super hero/villain.
- pfdietz 2y agoAnd he's working with a dangerous radioactive isotope!
- kingkawn 2y agoWe’re so close! Send some spiders into the reaction chamber!
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- karuna_murti 2y agono, we need radioactive hammer.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoBut then I'm only a name change and a lab accident away. And a name change isn't that hard...
- deepsun 2y agoIt doesn't work with name changes, unfortunately.
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- mananaysiempre 2y agoFor what it’s worth, the names of both the element and the researcher do in fact refer to the Norse god of thunder Thor.
- twic 2y agoEven better, Thorsten = Thor's stone!
- davnicwil 2y agoNominative determinism :-) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
- tomxor 2y agoFrequency illusion :-P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
- Aerbil313 2y agoNot completely. Can't find it now, but there was research cited in the book Alex's Adventures in Numberland showing a real statistical deviation, example: Lawrences' studying Law school more frequently.
- preisschild 2y agoIn a country where breeding and burning thorium to generate energy is illegal :/
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- ChuckMcM 2y agoThanks for that, I wondered if it had been confirmed. I am always in awe of folks who come into the lab every day and work on figuring out the one thing. I envy that level of focus.