In-gas-cell laser ionization spectroscopy in the vicinity of Sn-100: Magnetic moments and mean-square charge radii of N=50-54 Ag

Nele Kesteloot, Rafael Ferrer, Nick Bree, Thomas Elias Cocolios, Ian Gerard Darby, Hilde De Witte, Wim Dexters, Jan Diriken, Jytte Elseviers, Serge Franchoo, Mark Huyse, Yuri Kudryavtsev, Dieter Pauwels, Deyan Radulov, Tomas Roger, H Savajols, Piet Van Duppen, Martin Venhart, Lucia Popescu

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    Abstract

    In-gas-cell laser ionization spectroscopy studies on the neutron deficient Ag97-101 isotopes have been performed with the LISOL setup. Magnetic dipole moments and mean-square charge radii have been determined for the first time with the exception of Ag-101, which was found in good agreement with previous experimental values. The reported results allow tentatively assigning the spin of Ag-97,Ag-99 to 9/2 and confirming the presence of an isomeric state in these two isotopes, whose collapsed hyperfine structure suggests a spin of 1/2. The effect of the N = 50 shell closure is not only manifested in the magnetic moments but also in the evolution of the mean-square charge radii of the isotopes investigated, in accordance with the spherical droplet model predictions.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)191-197
    JournalPhysics Letters B
    Volume728
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 20 Jan 2014

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