The Spin and Quadrupole Moment of O17
Abstract
Measurements of the quadrupole splitting caused by the O17 nuclear spin in the J=1-->2 transition of the O17C12S32 pure rotational spectrum show that the spin of O17 is 5/2 and its quadrupole coupling constant is -1.32+/-0.07 mc. From this coupling constant, the quadrupole moment of the O17 nucleus can be estimated as Q=-5×10-27 cm2. O17 appears to fit the extreme single particle model of the nucleus exceptionally well.
- Publication:
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Physical Review
- Pub Date:
- February 1952
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRev.85.474
- Bibcode:
- 1952PhRv...85..474G