Determination of the Electric Quadrupole Moment of <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Li</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>7</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math></span> by Coulomb Scattering of an Aligned <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Li</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>7</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math></span> Ions

P. Egelhof; W. Dreves; K. -H. Möbius; E. Steffens; G. Tungate; P. Zupranski; D. Fick; R. Böttger; F. Roesel

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.44.1380

Determination of the Electric Quadrupole Moment of ${}^{7}{Li}$ by Coulomb Scattering of an Aligned ${}^{7}{Li}$ Ions

P. Egelhof, W. Dreves, K. -H. Möbius, E. Steffens, G. Tungate, P. Zupranski, D. Fick, R. Böttger, and F. Roesel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 44, 1380 – Published 26 May 1980

Abstract

The electric quadrupole moment of ${}^{7}{Li}$ was determined by Coulomb scattering of aligned ${}^{7}{Li}$ ions to be $Q = (- 34 \pm 6) e$ mb. This compares favorably with the value $Q = (- 41 \pm 6) e$ mb determined by atomic-beam spectroscopy.

Received 28 December 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.44.1380

Authors & Affiliations

P. Egelhof, W. Dreves^*, K. -H. Möbius, E. Steffens, G. Tungate^†, P. Zupranski^‡, and D. Fick^*

Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-6900 Heidelberg, West Germany

R. Böttger

I. Institut für Experimentalphysik der Universität Hamburg, D-2000 Hamburg, West Germany

F. Roesel

Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland

^*Present address: Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 335 Marburg, West Germany.
^†On leave of absence from Department of Physics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, England.
^‡On leave of absence from Institute for Nuclear Research, 00681 Warsaw, Poland.