Spin and magnetic moment of 23Mg
D. Yordanov et al.
A negative magnetic moment of 23Mg has been determined by high-resolution laser spectroscopy at CERN-ISOLDE. The absolute value is in agreement with previous measurements by nuclear magnetic resonance while the sign points at high-seniority configurations. The result is consistent with shell-model predictions for nuclei with valence nucleons in the sd shell.
Isomer Shift and Magnetic Moment of the Long-Lived ½+ Isomer in 79Zn: Signature of Shape Coexistence near 78Ni
X.F. Yang et al.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.182502
Collinear laser spectroscopy is performed on the 79Zn isotope at ISOLDE-CERN. The existence of a long-lived isomer with a few hundred milliseconds half-life is confirmed, and the nuclear spins and moments of the ground and isomeric states in 79Zn, as well as the isomer shift are measured. From the observed hyperfine structures, spins I=9/2 and I=½ are firmly assigned to the ground and isomeric states. The magnetic moment μ(79Zn)=-1.1866(10)μN, confirms the spin-parity I=9/2+ with a νg9/2-1 shell-model configuration, in excellent agreement with the prediction from large scale shell-model theories. The magnetic moment μ(79mZn)=-1.0180(12)μN supports a positive parity for the isomer, with a wave function dominated by a 2h-1p neutron excitation across the N=50 shell gap. The large isomer shift reveals an increase of the intruder isomer mean square charge radius with respect to that of the ground state, δ