Transient field measurements of g-factors for 28Si and 30Si

Abstract

Transient field precession measurements have been performed on the first excited Jπ = 2+ states of 28Si and 30Si with the IMPAC technique on recoil in magnetized iron. The results were analyzed with empirically adjusted Lindhard-Winther predictions. This yields g-factors of g = +0.56 ± 0.09 and G = +0.56 ± 0.16 for 28Si and 30Si, respectively. In the present cases the influence of static hyperfine fields is negligible due to the very short mean lives for 28Si and 30Si of 0.68 and 0.35 ps, respectively. The results are compared with theoretical calculations. Previous results for 26Mg(21+) were reanalyzed with the more recent lifetime of τm = 0.72 ± 0.03 ps. The value of the g-factor becomes g = +0.82 ± 0.16.