Populating Low-Spin States in Radioactive Nuclei to Measure Magnetic Moments Using the Transient Field Technique

TL;DR

This paper discusses methods for populating low-spin states in radioactive nuclei to measure magnetic moments, focusing on experimental techniques and challenges for studying nuclei far from stability.

Contribution

It presents two experimental techniques—coulomb excitation and alpha transfer—for populating low-spin states in radioactive nuclei, highlighting their applications and challenges.

Findings

Two techniques for populating low-spin states are detailed.

Experimental challenges for studying unstable nuclei are discussed.

Potential for future measurements of magnetic moments in exotic nuclei.

Abstract

The experimental study of magnetic moments for nuclear states near the ground state, $I \ge 2$, provides a powerful tool to test nuclear structure models. The study of magnetic moments in nuclei far away from the stability line is the next frontier in such studies. Two techniques have been utilized to populated low-spin states in radioactive nuclei: coulomb excitation reactions using radioactive nuclei, and the transfer of $\alpha$ particles to stable beams to populate low spin states in radioactive nuclei. A presentations of these two techniques, along with the experimental challenges presented for future uses with nuclei far away from the stability line, will be presented.