@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ \subsection{Controlling nuclear transitions with low frequency
306306
307307For energy applications, it is necessary to have a type of nuclear
308308coupling that's both strong and tuneable. For practical purposes such
309- tunability more easily achieved via low frequency stimulation because it
310- typically requires smaller and less expensive equipment.
309+ tunability is more easily achieved via low frequency stimulation because
310+ it typically requires smaller and less expensive equipment.
311311
312312Peter Hagelstein \href {https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.4377}{first proposed}
313313a novel form of relativistic phonon nuclear coupling in 2012. It relies
@@ -323,20 +323,21 @@ \subsection{Controlling nuclear transitions with low frequency
323323\href {https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6455/acf3be}{peer
324324reviewed in 2023}, it has yet to be experimentally verified.
325325
326- We propose a nuclear excitation transfer experiment in which we seek to
327- observe the spreading out of emission of excited \( \rm ^{57}Fe\) as the
328- nuclear energy is transferred from the excited \( \rm ^{57}Fe\) to
329- neighbouring ground state \( \rm ^{57}Fe\) . The excited nuclei are to
330- generated from the decay of \( \rm ^{57}Co\) that's deposited on the
331- \( \rm ^{57}Fe\) surface and the phonon coupling is generated via
332- stimulation of the surface with a \( \rm THz\) laser.
326+ We propose to verify relativistic phonon nuclear coupling using a
327+ nuclear excitation transfer experiment. We'll look to observe the
328+ spreading out of emission of excited \( \rm ^{57}Fe\) as the nuclear
329+ energy is transferred from the excited \( \rm ^{57}Fe\) to neighbouring
330+ ground state \( \rm ^{57}Fe\) . The excited nuclei are to generated from
331+ the decay of \( \rm ^{57}Co\) that's deposited on the \( \rm ^{57}Fe\)
332+ surface and the phonon coupling is generated via stimulation of the
333+ surface with a \( \rm THz\) laser.
333334
334335\subsection {Extracting nuclear energy in benign
335336forms }\label {extracting-nuclear-energy-in-benign-forms }
336337
337338Relativistic phonon nuclear coupling is so strong that experiments will
338- be in a form of deep strong coupling regime that was first proposed as
339- an academic curiosity in 2010 by
339+ be operating in a regime sometimes called deep strong coupling. This
340+ regime was first proposed as an academic curiosity in 2010 by
340341\href {https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.263603}{Casanova
341342at.al} and only recently experimentally observed in `` artificial atoms''
342343in \href {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03103}{2017 by
@@ -345,16 +346,16 @@ \subsection{Extracting nuclear energy in benign
345346`` perturbation theory'' .
346347
347348Deep strong coupling allows a free exchange of energy between the
348- particles and the field. For the phonon-nuclear system this represents a
349- free exchange of nuclear and vibrational energy. This presents an
349+ particles and the field. For the phonon-nuclear system, this represents
350+ a free exchange of nuclear and vibrational energy. This presents an
350351opportunity to `` bleed off'' nuclear energy into vibrational energy and
351352ultimately into heat. It also presents the reverse opportunity to turn
352353vibrational energy into nuclear energy, e.g.~creating a controllable
353354x-ray laser.
354355
355356Unlike artificial atoms, deep strong coupling for real atoms and nuclei
356357requires a minimum field energy. Electromagnetic coupling is too small
357- to make deep strong coupling possible for real atoms and nuclear .
358+ to make deep strong coupling possible for real atoms and nuclei .
358359However, relativistic phonon nuclear coupling is so strong that only a
359360very modest field energy of \( \sim \rm 10 \ mJ\) is needed.
360361
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