Measurement of the spectroscopic quadrupole moment of sup 186 Au: Experimental verification of the large prolate deformation of the sup 186 Au ground state

Journal Article · Mon Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.812· OSTI ID:5367256

Hinfurtner, B; Hagn, E; Zech, E ^[1]; Eder, R ^[2]

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1. Physik Department, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, D-8046 Garching (Federal Republic of Germany)
2. PPE Division, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland) NICOLE Collaboration and ISOLDE Collaboration CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)

We report the first on-line measurements of quadrupole-interaction-resolved nuclear magnetic resonance on oriented nuclei. The 10-min {sup 186}Au activity was obtained as daughter after cold implantation of mass-separated {sup 186}Hg into a hcp Co single crystal at the NICOLE facility at ISOLDE-3 (CERN). The quadrupole interaction of {sup 186}Au{ital Co}(hcp) was fully resolved, and the spectroscopic quadrupole moment of {sup 186}Au was determined to be {ital Q}=+3.12(20) b. This implies {beta}{sub 2}=+0.246(16), proving the large prolate deformation of the {sup 186}Au ground state.

• OSTI ID: 5367256
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 67:7; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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