Results of a direct search using synchrotron radiation for the low-energy Th nuclear isomeric transition

Justin Jeet,1, ∗ Christian Schneider,1, ∗ Scott T. Sullivan,1, † Wade G. Rellergert,1, ‡ Saed Mirzadeh,2 A. Cassanho,3 H. P. Jenssen,3 Eugene V. Tkalya,4, 5 and Eric R. Hudson1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA Nuclear Security and Isotope Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA AC Materials, Inc., 756 Anclote Road, Tarpon Springs, Florida 34689, USA Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, Moscow 119991, Russia Nuclear Safety Institute of Russian Academy of Science, Bol’shaya Tulskaya 52, Moscow 115191, Russia (Dated: February 19, 2015)