Re: [time-nuts] Nuclear transition for time reference - Nature 5-May, 2016, vol 533

2016-05-25 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 23 May 2016 11:49:37 -0500 David Witten wrote: > My knowledge in this area is superficial. But I wondered if anyone in this > group had a reaction to the 5-May issue of nature that includes a 'News and > Views' piece and a formal article reporting the detection by Von der Wense > et al.

Re: [time-nuts] Nuclear transition for time reference - Nature 5-May, 2016, vol 533

2016-05-23 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message , David Wit ten writes: >Much is published that comes to naught; I do not have knowledge to judge. >But it seemed interesting to me. Anything involving U233 sources is "interesting"... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP

[time-nuts] Nuclear transition for time reference - Nature 5-May, 2016, vol 533

2016-05-23 Thread David Witten
My knowledge in this area is superficial. But I wondered if anyone in this group had a reaction to the 5-May issue of nature that includes a 'News and Views' piece and a formal article reporting the detection by Von der Wense et al. of the 229m Thorium nuclear transition that is hoped to have util