State-dependent interactions in ultracold $^{174}$Yb probed by optical clock spectroscopy

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We report on the measurement of the scattering properties of ultracold $^{174}$Yb bosons in a three-dimensional (3D) optical lattice.

• Site occupancy in an atomic Mott insulator is resolved with high-precision spectroscopy on an ultranarrow optical clock transition.
• Scattering lengths and loss rate coefficients for $^{174}$Yb atoms in different collisional channels involving the ground state $^1$S$_0$ and the metastable $^3$P$_0$ are derived.
• These studies set important constraints for future experimental studies of two-electron atoms for quantum-technological applications.