Abstract
The magnetic moment of the nucleus was measured by observing the Zeeman splitting of the line in the electric quadrupole hyperfine pattern of the molecule C , transitions). It was found to be 1.32±0.08 nuclear magnetons. The magnitude of the magnetic moment was measured by using a rectangularly cross-sectioned absorption cell with plane polarized microwave radiation, and observing the transitions. The sign of the magnetic moment was measured by using a circularly cross-sectioned absorption cell with circularly polarized microwave radiation. This allowed the and the transitions to be observed separately. The magnetic field was calibrated by observing the Zeeman splitting of the spectrum of C. This value of magnetic moment indicates a nuclear configuration .
Measurements of the quadrupole spectrum without the Zeeman perturbation gave the following additional information: the spin of was confirmed to be 2, the mass difference ratio was found to be 1.00168±0.04 percent, the molecular rotational constant of the C molecule was found to be 13187.604±0.015 Mc/sec, and its quadrupole coupling constant to be -15.83±0.20 Mc/sec.
- Received 24 February 1955
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.98.1317
©1955 American Physical Society