Abstract
A charge-exchange optical-pumping experiment has been performed to measure the ratio . The NMR frequency of free ions polarized by charge-exchange collisions with optically pumped atoms was measured along with the () Zeeman transition frequency of in a magnetic field of ∼ 55 G. The magnetic field was produced in a shielded solenoid. The 30- cylindrical optical-pumping cells were filled with a Ne buffer gas, and the ions were produced in a weak continuous electrodeless rf discharge which was run in a sidearm attached to the cells. The NMR frequency was ∼ 76 kHz and the charge-exchange and rf-broadened NMR linewidth was 60 Hz. The Zeeman frequency was ∼ 39 MHz and the Zeeman linewidth was 80 Hz due to the inhomogeneity of the magnetic field. Our result is , which can be compared with a previously measured value of to obtain the difference in the shielding constants of the atom and ion, .
- Received 8 November 1973
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.9.1494
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