Abstract
The hyperfine structure and values of the 17 lowest-lying atomic levels of have been measured by the atomic-beam magnetic-resonance technique. Two of the three levels studied in the configuration had not been seen before, and the present work in provides the first hyperfine-structure information obtained for 11 of the 14 levels studied. The results are analyzed in detail by use of the best eigenvectors available and the effective-operator formalism. After making suitable corrections for hfs and Zeeman interactions with neighboring atomic states, values for a number of radial integrals are deduced by treating them as adjustable parameters. The value obtained for the electric-quadrupole moment of the nuclear ground state is b, in good agreement with earlier results. This value of has been corrected for Sternheimer shielding effects in both the and electron shells; it results from least-squares fits to the quadrupole hfs measurements in all 17 atomic states studied in both configurations.
- Received 5 March 1970
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.2.316
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