Save the date: Thorium-229 conference July 9-12, 2018, in Bad Honnef, Germany

The nuClock team will organize an international conference on all topics related to the Thorium-229 isomer. Today, we are proud to announce the date and venue! The conference will take place on July 9 to 12, 2018 in the unique old physics center in Bad Honnef, Germany.

The location: The small town of Bad Honnef is beautifully located at the Rhine river, about 45 km south of Cologne. It can nicely be reached by train from the airport of Cologne, as well as from Frankfurt airport. The physics center has quite a remarkable history that goes back about 120 years; more information can be found here. Today, it features three state-of-the-art lecture halls and accomodation of about 80 people.

The conference: The main topic of the conference is the work towards a nuclear clock based on Th-229, and we seek to gather all groups around the world that work towards this goal. Further topics include other novel types of optical clocks (e.g. highly charged ions) and applications in geodesy.

The registration: Registration will open later this year, we will send around newsletters and post all information on the nuClock website. Seating capacity limits the number of participants to about 80.

More information will follow. For now, we ask you all to mark your calenders: The meeting will start with a dinner on Sunday, July 8, and end after lunch on Thursday, July 12. To all present nuClock members: This conference will include the internal nuClock yearly meeting 2018.

Looking forward to see you all at the conference!