Nuclear Alignment and Magnetic Moments of ${}^{133}{Xe}$ , ${}^{133}{Xe}^{m}$ , and ${}^{131}{Xe}^{m}$ by Spin Exchange with Optically Pumped ${}^{87}{Rb}$

21 January 1985

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 54 (3) , 174-177
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.54.174

Abstract

This paper reports the first demonstration of nuclear orientation of radioactive xenon atoms by spin exchange with polarized rubidium atoms. The nuclear tensor alignment, as measured by gamma-ray anisotropy, is about 30% of the maximum possible. The magnetic dipole moments for

{}^{133}{Xe}

{}^{133}{Xe}^{m}

, and

{}^{131}{Xe}^{m}

have also been measured by NMR spectroscopy. The methods developed here have possibilities for wide applications to nuclear and atomic studies of other radioactive rare-gas atoms.

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Nuclear Alignment and Magnetic Moments ofXe133,Xem133, andXem131by Spin Exchange with Optically PumpedRb87

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Nuclear Alignment and Magnetic Moments of ${}^{133}{Xe}$ , ${}^{133}{Xe}^{m}$ , and ${}^{131}{Xe}^{m}$ by Spin Exchange with Optically Pumped ${}^{87}{Rb}$