Publications

• Published in peer-reviewed journals:

  • A. Pálffy, J. López-Urrutia, Countdown to a nuclear clock, Nature 633, 43-45, editorial material (2024)

  • N. Minkov, A. Pálffy, P. Quentin, L. Bonneau, Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-BCS approach to ^229mTh and neighboring nuclei, Physical Review C 110, 034327 (2024)

  • P. Andrejić, L. M. Lohse and A. Pálffy, Waveguide QED with Mössbauer Nuclei, Physical Review A 109, 063702 (2024)

  • J. Zhao, A. Pálffy, C. H. Keitel, Y. Wu, Efficient production of ^229mTh via nuclear excitation by electron capture, Physical Review C 110, 014330 (2024)

• Submitted:

  • P. Bilous, L. Thirion, H. Menke, M. W. Haverkort, A. Pálffy, P, Hansmann, Neural-network-supported basis optimizer for the configuration interaction problem in quantum many-body clusters: Feasibility study and numerical proof, arXiv preprint, arXiv:2406.00151

  • T. Kirschbaum, T. Schumm, A. Pálffy, Photoexcitation of the ²²⁹Th nuclear clock transition using twisted light, arXiv preprint, arXiv:2404.13023

  • L. M. Lohse,  P. Andrejić,  S. Velten,  M. Vassholz,  C. Neuhaus,  A. Negi,  A. Panchwanee,  I. Sergeev,  A. Pálffy,  T. Salditt,  R. Röhlsberger, Collective nuclear excitation dynamics in mono-modal x-ray waveguides, arXiv preprint, arXiv:2403.06508

• Published in peer-reviewed journals

  • J. Jin, H. Bekker,  T. Kirschbaum, Y. Litvinov, A. Pálffy , J. Sommerfeldt, A. Surzhykov, P. Thirolf and D. Budker, Excitation and probing of low-energy nuclear states at high-energy storage rings, Physical Review Research 5, 023134 (2023)

  • A. Pálffy, Photon lights a path towards a nuclear clock, Nature 617, 678-679, editorial material (2023)

  • P. Bilous, A. Pálffy and F. Marquardt, Deep-Learning Approach for the Atomic Configuration Interaction Problem on Large Basis Sets, Physical Review Letters 131, 133002 (2023)

• Published in peer-reviewed journals
  • D. Budker, J. C. Berengut, V. V. Flambaum, M. Gorchtein, J. Jin, F. Karbstein, M. W. Krasny, Y. A. Litvinov, A. Pálffy, V. Pascalutsa, A. Petrenko, A. Surzhykov, P. G. Thirolf, M. Vanderhaeghen, H. A. Weidenmüller and V. Zelevinsky, Expanding Nuclear Physics Horizons with the Gamma Factory, Annalen der Physik, 210028 (2022)
     
  • M.A. Macovei and A. Pálffy, Multiphonon quantum dynamics in cavity optomechanical systems, Physical Review A 105, 033503 (2022)
     
  • D. Elsing, A. Pálffy  and Y. Wu,  Quantum effects on plasma screening for thermonuclear reactions in laser-generated plasmas, Physical Review Research 4, L022044 (2022)
     
  • Y. Wu, S. Gargiulo, F. Carbone, C. H. Keitel and A. Pálffy, Dynamical control of nuclear isomer depletion via electron vortex beams, Physical Review Letters, 128(16), 162501 (2022)
     
  • T.Kirschbaum, N.Minkov and A.Pálffy, Nuclear coherent population transfer to the 229mTh isomer using x-ray pulses,  Physical Review C 105,  064313 (2022)
     
  • Y. H. Chen , P. H. Lin, G. Y. Wang,  A. Pálffy and W.-T. Liao,  Transient nuclear inversion by X-Ray Free Electron Laser in a tapered x-ray waveguide,  Physical Review Research 4, L032007 (2022)

• Submitted:,
  • Z. Yuan, H. Wang, Z. Li, T.Wang, H. Wang, X. Huang, T.Li, Z. Ma, L. Zhu, W. Xu, Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, R. Masuda, Y. Yoda, J.Yuan, A. Pálffy and X. Kong, Nuclear phase retrieval spectroscopy using resonant x-ray scattering, arXiv preprint, arXiv:2204.06096

• Published in peer-reviewed journals
  • P. Andrejić and A. Pálffy,  Superradiance and anomalous hyperfine splitting in inhomogeneous ensembles, Physical Review A 104, 033702 (2021)
     
  • B. S. Nickerson, M. Pimon, P. Bilous, J. Gugler, G. A. Kazakov, T. Skiorsky, K. Beeks, A. Grüneis, T. Schumm and A. Pálffy, Driven electronic bridge processes via defect states in ²²⁹Th-doped crystals , Physical Review A 103, 053120 (2021)
     
  • S. Kobzak, H. A. Weidenmüller and A. Pálffy, Laser-nucleus interactions in the sudden regime, Physical Review C 103, 044616 (2021)
     
  • E. Peik, T. Schumm, M. S. Safronova, A. Pálffy, J. Weitenberg, P. G. Thirolf,  Nuclear clocks for testing fundamental physics, Quantum Science and Technology 6, 034002 (2021)
     
  • N. Minkov and A. Pálffy  ^229mTh isomer from a nuclear model perspective, Physical Review C  103,  014313 (2021)

• Conference proceedings
  • N.Minkov and A.Pálffy, Shape and electromagnetic properties of  the ^229mTh isomer, EPJ Web of Conferences 252, 02003 (2021)

• X. Kong, D. E. Chang, A. Pálffy (2020): Green’s-function formalism for resonant interaction of x rays with nuclei in structured media, Physical Review A, 102(3), 033710
   
• B. S. Nickerson, M. Pimon, P. Bilous, J. Gugler, K. Beeks, T. Skiorsky, P. Mohn, T.  Schumm, A. Pálffy (2020): Nuclear Excitation of the ^229mTh  Isomer via Defect States in Doped Crystals , Physical Review Letters, 125(3), 032501
   
• L. von der Wense, P. V. Bilous, B. Seiferle, S. Stellmer, J. Weitenberg, P. G. Thirolf, A. Pálffy, G. Kazakov (2020): The theory of direct laser excitation of nuclear transitions, The European Physical Journal A: Hadrons and Nuclei 56, 176
   
• A. Pálffy,  S. V. Popruzhenko (2020): Can Extreme Electromagnetic Fields Accelerate the α Decay of Nuclei?, Physical Review Letters 124, 212505
   
• P. V. Bilous, H. Bekker, J. C. Berengut, B. Seiferle, L. von der Wense, P. G. Thirolf, T. Pfeifer, J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia,  A. Pálffy (2020): Electronic Bridge Excitation in Highly Charged ²²⁹Th Ions, Physical Review Letters 124, 192502
   
• A. Pálffy, P. G. Reinhard and  H. A. Weidenmüller (2020): Rate for laser-induced nuclear dipole absorption, Physical Review C 101, 034619

• Y. Wu, C. H. Keitel,  A. Pálffy (2019): X-ray-assisted nuclear excitation by electron capture in optical laser-generated plasmas, Physical Review A 100, 063420
   
• K. Bergmann, H. Nägerl, C. Panda, G. Gabrielse, E. Miloglyadov, M. Quack, G. Seyfang, G. Wichmann, S. Ospelkaus, A. Kuhn, S. Longhi, A. Szameit, P. Pirro, B. Hillebrands, X. Zhu, J. Zhu, M. Drewsen, W. K. Hensinger, S. Weidt, T. Halfmann, H. Wang, G. S. Paraoanu, N. V. Vitanov, J. Mompart, T. Busch, T. J. Barnum, D. D. Grimes, R. W. Field, M. G. Raizen, E. Narevicius, M. Auzinsh, D. Budker, A. Pálffy, C. H. Keitel (2019): Roadmap on STIRAP applications, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 52, 202001
   
• B. Seiferle, L. von der Wense, P. V. Bilous, I. Amersdorffer, C. Lemell, F. Libisch, S. Stellmer, T. Schumm, C. E. Düllmann, A. Pálffy, P. G. Thirolf (2019): Energy of the ²²⁹Th nuclear clock transition, Nature 573, 243-246
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• Y. Wu, C. H. Keitel,  A. Pálffy (2019): ^93mMo Isomer Depletion via Beam-Based Nuclear Excitation by Electron Capture, Physical Review Letters 122, 212501
   
• N. Minkov, A. Pálffy (2019): Theoretical Predictions for the Magnetic Dipole Moment of ^229mTh, Physical Review Letters 122, 162502
   
• N. Minkov, A. Pálffy (2019): The Magnetic Moment as a Constraint in Determining the ^229mTh Isomer Decay Rates, Acta Physica Polonica B 12, 629-636

• arXiv preprint:

   

  • B. Adams, G. Aeppli, T. Allison, A. QR Baron, P. Bucksbaum, A. I Chumakov, C. Corder, S. P Cramer, S. DeBeer, Y. Ding, J. Evers, J. Frisch, M. Fuchs, G. Grübel, J. B Hastings, C. M Heyl, L. Holberg, Z. Huang, T. Ishikawa, A. Kaldun, K.-J. Kim, T. Kolodziej, J. Krzywinski, Z. Li, W.-T. Liao, R. Lindberg, A. Madsen, T. Maxwell, G. Monaco, K. Nelson, A. Pálffy, G. Porat, W. Qin, T. Raubenheimer, D. A Reis, R. Röhlsberger, R. Santra, R. Schoenlein, V. Schünemann, O. Shpyrko, Y. Shvyd’Ko, S. Shwartz, A. Singer, S. K Sinha, M. Sutton, K. Tamasaku, H.-C. Wille, M. Yabashi, J. Ye, D. Zhu (2019): Scientific opportunities with an X-ray free-electron laser oscillator, arXiv:1903.09317

• G. N. Ramien, J. Gunst, X. Kong, A. Pálffy (2018): X-ray-frequency modulation via periodic switching of an external magnetic field, Physical Review A 97, 063858
   
• J. Gunst, Y. Wu, C. H. Keitel,  A. Pálffy (2018): Nuclear excitation by electron capture in optical-laser-generated plasmas, Physical Review E 97, 063205
   
• P. V. Bilous, N. Minkov, A. Pálffy (2018): Electric quadrupole channel of the 7.8 eV ²²⁹Th transition, Physical Review C 97, 044320
   
• Y. Wu, J. Gunst, C. H. Keitel, A. Pálffy (2018): Tailoring Laser-Generated Plasmas for Efficient Nuclear Excitation by Electron Capture, Physical Review Letters 120, 052504
   
• P. Bilous, E. Peik, A. Pálffy (2018): Laser-induced electronic bridge for characterization of the ^229mTh → ^229gTh nuclear transition with a tunable optical laser with a tunable optical laser, New Journal of Physics 20, 013016
   
• B. Nickerson, W. Liao, A. Pálffy (2018): Collective effects in ²²⁹Th-doped crystals, Physical Review A 98, 062520

• J. Gunst, A. Pálffy (2016): X-ray quantum-eraser setup for time-energy complementarity, Physical Review A 94, 063849
   
• W. Liao, C.H. Keitel, A. Pálffy (2016): X-ray-generated heralded macroscopical quantum entanglement of two nuclear ensembles, Scientific Reports 6,33361
   
• X. Kong, A. Pálffy (2016): Stopping Narrow-Band X-Ray Pulses in Nuclear Media, Physical Review Letters 116, 197402
   
• J. Gunst, C. H. Keitel, A. Pálffy (2016): Logical operations with single x-ray photons via dynamically-controlled nuclear resonances, Scientific Reports 6, 25136

• J. Gunst, Y. Wu, N. Kumar, C. H. Keitel, A. Pálffy (2015): Direct and secondary nuclear excitation with x-ray free-electron lasers, Physics of Plasmans 22, 112706
   
• A. Pálffy (2015): X-Ray physics: Straight outta Compton, Nature Physics 11, 893-894
   
• A. Pálffy, O. Buss, A. Hoefer, H. A. Weidenmüller (2015): Laser-nucleus interactions: The quasi-adiabatic regime, Physical Review C 92, 044619

• W.-T. Liao, C. H. Keitel and A. Pálffy, All-Electromagnetic Control of Broadband Quantum Excitations using Gradient Photon Echoes, Physical Review Letters 113, 123602 (2014)
   
• S. Helmrich, K. Spenneberg and A. Pálffy, Coupling highly excited nuclei to the atomic shell in dense astrophysical plasmas, Physical Review C 90, 015802 (2014)
   
• A. Pálffy and H. A. Weidenmüller, Laser-nucleus reactions: Population of states far above Yrast and far from stability, Physical Review Letters 112, 192502 (2014)
   
• J. Gunst, Y. A. Litvinov, C. H. Keitel and A. Pálffy, Dominant secondary nuclear photoexcitation with the x-ray free electron laser, Physical Review Letters 112, 082501 (2014)
   
• W.-T. Liao and A. Pálffy, Proposed Entanglement of X-ray Nuclear Polaritons as a Potential Method for Probing Matter at the Subatomic Scale, Physical Review Letters 112, 057401 (2014)
   
• X. Kong, W.-T. Liao and A. Pálffy, Field control of single x-ray photons in nuclear forward scattering, New Journal of Physics 16, 013049 (2014)

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