Measurement of the electric quadrupole moments of 26–29Na
Author(s) -
M. Keim,
U. Georg,
Alexander Klein,
R. Neugart,
M. Neuroth,
S. Wilbert,
Peter Lievens,
L. Vermeeren,
B. A. Brown
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the european physical journal a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.232
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1434-601X
pISSN - 1434-6001
DOI - 10.1007/s100500070117
Subject(s) - quadrupole , polarization (electrochemistry) , atomic physics , beam (structure) , isotope , spectroscopy , magnetic moment , chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance , materials science , physics , optics , nuclear physics , condensed matter physics , quantum mechanics
The nuclear electric quadrupole moments of the isotopes Na, Na, Na and Na were measured by -NMR spectroscopy in single crystals of LiNbO and NaNO. High degrees of nuclear polarization were produced by optical pumping of the sodium atoms in a fast beam with a collinear laser beam. The polarized nuclei were implanted into the crystals and NMR signals were observed in the -decay asymmetries. Preparatory measurements also yielded improved values for the magnetic moments of Na and confirmed the spin = 3/2 for Na. The results are discussed in comparison with large-basis shell model calculations.
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