The theory of direct laser excitation of nuclear transitions Lars von der Wense, Pavlo V. Bilous, Benedict Seiferle, Simon Stellmer, Johannes Weitenberg, Peter G. Thirolf, Adriana Pálffy and Georgy Kazakov Eur. Phys. J. A, 56 7 (2020) 176 Published online: 06 July 2020 DOI: 10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00177-x