Hyperfine fields at $^{66}$Ga, $^{67,69}$Ge implanted into iron and gadolinium hosts at 6 K, and applications to g-factor measurements

TL;DR

This study measures hyperfine fields at specific isotopes implanted into iron and gadolinium hosts at 6 K, demonstrating gadolinium's suitability for high-precision g-factor measurements and providing new g-factor data consistent with prior results.

Contribution

It introduces a method using gadolinium hosts for precise in-beam g-factor measurements and reports new g-factor values for isomers in $^{66}$Ga and $^{67}$Ge.

Findings

Gadolinium is suitable for high-precision g-factor measurements.

New g-factor values for $^{66}$Ga and $^{67}$Ge are consistent with previous data.

Nuclear alignment in isomeric states was lower than expected.

Abstract

Isomers in $^{66}$Ga, $^{67}$Ge, and $^{69}$Ge were recoil-implanted into ferromagnetic hosts of iron and gadolinium at $\approx 6$~K, and the hyperfine magnetic fields were determined by Time Differential Perturbed Angular Distribution (TDPAD) measurements. The hyperfine field strengths at $\approx 6$~K are compared to the results of previous higher-temperature measurements and the amplitudes of the $R(t)$ functions are compared to empirical expectations. The results show that gadolinium can be a suitable host for high-precision in-beam $g$-factor measurements. The results of new $g$-factor measurements for isomers in $^{66}$Ga and $^{67}$Ge are $g(^{66}$Ga$,7^{-}) = +0.126(4)$, supporting a $[\pi_{f5/2} \otimes \nu g_{9/2}]_{7^-}$ configuration assignment, and $g(^{67}$Ge$,\frac{9}{2}^{+})=-0.1932(22)$, derived from a new measurement of the ratio $g(^{67}\mathrm{Ge})/g(^{69}\mathrm{Ge}) = 0.869(9)$. These values are in agreement with previous results. The $R(t)$ amplitudes indicate that the nuclear alignment produced in the isomeric states was significantly lower than the empirically expected $\sigma/I \approx 0.35$.