Nuclear orientation of radon isotopes by spin-exchange optical pumping

M. Kitano; F. P. Calaprice; M. L. Pitt; J. Clayhold; W. Happer; M. Kadar-Kallen; M. Musolf; G. Ulm; K. Wendt; T. Chupp; J. Bonn; R. Neugart; E. Otten; H. T. Duong

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.2133

Nuclear orientation of radon isotopes by spin-exchange optical pumping

M. Kitano, F. P. Calaprice, M. L. Pitt, J. Clayhold, W. Happer, M. Kadar-Kallen, M. Musolf, G. Ulm, K. Wendt, T. Chupp, J. Bonn, R. Neugart, E. Otten, H. T. Duong

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This paper reports the first demonstration of nuclear orientation of radon atoms. The method employed was spin exchange with potassium atoms polarized by optical pumping. The radon isotopes were produced at the ISOLDE isotope separator of CERN. The nuclear alignment of Rn209 and Rn223 has been measured by observation of -ray anisotropies and the magnetic dipole moment for Rn209 has been measured by the nuclear-magnetic-resonance method to be =0.83881(39)N.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2133-2136
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	60
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.2133
State	Published - 1988

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Nuclear orientation of radon isotopes by spin-exchange optical pumping

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