Abstract
A detailed description is presented of an optical-pumping charge-exchange method for establishing and observing nuclear-spin orientation in atomic ions having a electronic configuration. , , , and free protons have been studied thus far. Various applications of the method include precision measurements of the nuclear moments in the ions and the first measurements of resonant charge-exchange cross sections at thermal energies.
- Received 9 April 1973
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.8.704
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