Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Precision method for hyperfine-structure studies in low-abundance isotopes: The quadrupole moment of /sup 43/Ca

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

Precision hyperfine-structure measurements in the 4s4p/sup 3/P/sub 2/ metastable state of /sup 43/Ca were performed using the atomic-beam magnetic-resonance method combined with a single-mode dye laser for the detection. For the first time the electric quadrupole moment of the particularly interesting /sup 43/Ca nucleus was accurately determined: Q (/sup 43/Ca) = -0.065(20)b. In addition, isotope shifts and hyperfine structure in the transition 4s4p/sup 3/P/sub 2/ bold-arrow-left-right 4s5s/sup 3/S/sub 1/ were obtained using high-resolution laser spectroscopy.

Research Organization:
Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96 Goeteborg, Sweden
OSTI ID:
6148326
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 42:23; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English