Published February 15, 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Atomic beam magnetic resonance apparatus for systematic measurement of hyperfine structure anomalies (Bohr-Weisskopf effect)

  • 1. Lab. Aime Cotton, Faculte des Sciences, 91 - Orsay (France)
  • 2. Svedberg Lab., Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)
  • 3. Dept. of Physics, Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Goeteborg (Sweden)
  • 4. Cyclotron Lab., Inst. of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Saitama (Japan)
  • 5. Inst. National de Metrologie du CNAM, 75 - Paris (France)
  • 6. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 7. Nuclear Science Div., Inst. of Chemical Research, Kyoto Univ., Uji (Japan)
  • 8. Tokyo Univ. (Japan)
  • 9. Inst. fuer Physik, Univ. Mainz (Germany)
  • 10. Inst. for Nuclear Study, Tokyo Univ. (Japan)
  • 11. Lab. de Spectrometrie Ionique et Moleculaire, Univ. Lyon 1, 69 - Villeurbanne (France)
  • 12. Inst. fuer Angewandte Physik, Univ. Bonn (Germany)
  • 13. Dept. of Mathematical Physics, Lund Inst. of Tech. (Sweden)
  • 14. Dept. of Physics, New York Univ., NY (United States)

Description

An atomic beam magnetic resonance (ABMR) apparatus has been constructed at Orsay, and has been installed at the CERN PS Booster ISOLDE mass separator facility for 'on-line' work with radioactive isotopes in a program to measure hyperfine structure anomalies (the Bohr-Weisskopf effect) over long isotopic chains. The hfs anomalies result from the effect of the spatial distribution of the nuclear magnetization on the atomic hfs interaction. Constructional details of the system are described: Emphasis is placed on the measurement of nuclear g-factors by a triple resonance, laser state selected, ABMR method. A precision better than 10-4 for gI values has been obtained in stable atomic beam tests, leading to hfs anomaly measurements better than 10%. Two types of detection systems are described: Laser fluorescence and surface ionization coupled with mass spectrometry. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A
Journal Volume
325
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 465-474.
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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Collaborations
ISOLDE Collaboration.