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Title: Determination of deuteron quadrupole moment from calculations of the electric field gradient in D{sub 2} and HD

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 (United States)

We have carried out an accurate determination of the quadrupole moment of the deuteron nucleus. The evaluation of the constant is achieved by combining high accuracy Born-Oppenheimer calculations of the electric field gradient at the nucleus in the H{sub 2} molecule with spectroscopic measurements of the quadrupolar splitting in D{sub 2} and HD. The derived value is Q=0.285783(30) fm{sup 2}.

OSTI ID:
21408614
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 81, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.042526; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English