New determination of the magnetic moment of the54Fe(2 1 + ) state at 1.408 MeV

Abstract

Relative to the wellknowng-factor of56Fe(2 1 + ) at 0.847 MeV, theg-factor of the54Fe(2 1 + ) state at 1.408 MeV has been remeasured employing the technique of transient magnetic fields (TF) with the ions slowed down in ferromagnetic Gd host at initial velocities of 2.5 ν0. Coulomb excitation on beams of54,56Fe was accomplished with a Si target. The value obtained,g=1.05(17), is in excellent agreement with two previous results but disagrees with the value from a TF measurement where the ions passed through ferromagnetic Fe.