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HYPERFINE STRUCTURE IN THE $sup 3$$P$$sub 1$ LEVEL OF THE TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR ISOMER OF MERCURY 197

Journal Article · · Journal of the Optical Society of America (U.S.)
The hyperfine structure of Hg/sup 197*/ was measured with greater accuracy than was obtained in conventional spectroscopic work. The nuclear magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole interaction constants, A and B, were calculated: A = -2328.8 plus or minus l.7 Mc/sec; B = -901 plus or minus 13 Mc/sec. The isotope shift is 2240 plus or minus 130 Mc/sec relative to Hg/sup 198/. An electronic g value of 1.4861 plus or minus 0.00036 was found for the / sup 3/P/sub 1/ level. The data were gathered with the use of levelcrossing, double-resonance, and magnetic scanning techniques. The relatively new level- crossing experiment was applied to Hg/sup 199/ and Hg/sup 197/. The measurements reported here are useful in two ways: They lead to values of the nuclear moments and estimates of the nuclear charge distribution, and they pave the way for more accurate experiments that will yield data on the distribution of the nuclear magnetization. (auth)
Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-16-001055
OSTI ID:
4836181
Journal Information:
Journal of the Optical Society of America (U.S.), Journal Name: Journal of the Optical Society of America (U.S.) Vol. Vol: 51; ISSN JOSAA
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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