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Nuclear electric quadrupole moment of 9 Li using zero-field β-detected NQR

TitleNuclear electric quadrupole moment of 9 Li using zero-field β-detected NQR
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsVoss, A, Pearson, MR, Billowes, J, Buchinger, F, Chow, KH, Crawford, JE, Hossein, MD, Kiefl, RF, Levy, CDP, MacFarlane, WA, Mané, E, Morris, GD, Parolin, TJ, Saadaoui, H, Salman, Z, Smadella, M, Song, Q, Wang, D
JournalJ. Phys. G
Volume38
Pagination075102
Abstract

A β-detected nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) spectrometer becomes a powerful tool to study changes in nuclear ground-state properties along isotopic chains when coupled to a laser excitation beamline to polarize the nuclei of interest. Recently, the β-NQR technique in a zero magnetic field has been applied for the first time to measure the ratio of static nuclear quadrupole moments of 8, 9 Li, Q 9 / Q 8 = 0.966 75(9) denoted by Q 8 for 8 Li and Q 9 for 9 Li, respectively. This shows agreement with present literature values but with significantly improved precision. Based on the literature, the quadrupole moment for 8 Li has been re-evaluated to be | Q 8 | = 32.6(5) mb. From this, the quadrupole moment for 9 Li is calculated as | Q 9 | = 31.5(5) mb with the error being dominated by the error of Q 8 .

URLhttp://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/38/i=7/a=075102