21Mg

[paper] Nuclear Charge Radii of 21-32Mg

Nuclear Charge Radii of 21-32Mg

D.T. Yordanov et al.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.042504

Charge radii of all magnesium isotopes in the sd shell have been measured, revealing evolution of the nuclear shape throughout two prominent regions of assumed deformation centered on 24Mg and 32Mg. A striking correspondence is found between the nuclear charge radius and the neutron shell structure. The importance of cluster configurations towards N=8 and collectivity near N=20 is discussed in the framework of the fermionic molecular dynamics model. These essential results have been made possible by the first application of laser-induced nuclear orientation for isotope shift measurements.

[paper] Nuclear ground-state spin and magnetic moment of 21Mg

Nuclear ground-state spin and magnetic moment of 21Mg

J. Krämer et al.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2009.06.063

We present the results of combined laser spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance studies of 21Mg. The nuclear ground-state spin was measured to be I=5/2 with a magnetic moment of &mul;=−0.983(7)μN. The isoscalar magnetic moment of the mirror pair is evaluated and compared to the extreme single-particle prediction and to nuclear shell-model calculations. We determine an isoscalar spin expectation value of 〈σ〉=1.15(2), which is significantly greater than the empirical limit of unity given by the Schmidt values of the magnetic moments. Shell-model calculations taking into account isospin non-conserving effects, are in agreement with our experimental results.