Lattice Locations of 8Li and 12N in Al

The line widths of the β-NMR spectra of the short-lived β emitters ⁸Li and ¹²N implanted in a single crystal of Al have been measured precisely for the first time as a function of crystal orientation. The NMR line widths were compared with the theoretical van Vleck values of the dipolar broadening. As a result, it was found that ⁸Li mainly sits in substitutional sites, while ¹²N sits in tetrahedral interstitial sites, in Al. This revised version was published online in September 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Lattice locations of 8Li in Cu

The dipolar broadening of the NMR on short-lived β-emitter ⁸Li implanted in single crystal Cu has been observed as a function of crystal orientation at several temperatures. From the orientation angle dependence of the line width, it was found that the main component of the ⁸Li occupies substitutional site, while about 30% of ⁸Li occupies octahedral interstitial site at temperatures below 300 K. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Nuclear Structure and Magnetic Moment of the Unstable 12B-12N Mirror Pair

Magnetic moments of the A=12 unstable mirror pair nuclides 12B and 12N have been measured by the β-NMR technique. The experimentally measured magnetic moments are μ（12B）=1.001（17）μN and μ（12N）=0.4571（1）μN. The improved shell model using an SFO Hamiltonian with enhanced spin-isospin monopole proton-neutron interaction and modified single-particle energies is employed to calculate the magnetic moments of 12B and 12N. The calculation yields μ （12B）=0.929μN and μ（12N）=0.452μN and has produced a new magic number 6 for the short-lived unstable mirror pair nuclides 12B and 12N.     

Magnetic moment of proton halo nucleus 28 P

The magnetic moment of ²⁸P (I _π = 3^?+?, T_1/2 = 270.3 ms) in the ground state has been measured by the $\upbeta $ -nuclear magnetic resonance method for the first time. The measured magnetic moment of $\vert \upmu (^{28}$ P)∣ = 0.309(9)  $\upmu _{{\rm N}}$ is well reproduced by the shell model value of +0.306  $\upmu _{{\rm N} }$ . The shell model calculation also yields a proton density distribution with a long tail. The present results provide a strong confirmation of the configuration of the 2s _1/2 proton which should lead to the proton halo.     

Production of spin polarized 12N through heavy ion reactions

The structural and magnetic properties of Ho substituted BiFeO₃ (BHFO) have been investigated using ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-Ray diffraction (XRD) as a function of temperature. The Mössbauer spectrum obtained at room temperature for the as-synthesized BHFO sample exhibits broadened features due to the hyperfine field distributions related to the local variation of the neighbourhood of Fe and the magnetic hyperfine splitting patterns are indicative of magnetic ordering, mostly probably screwed or slightly antiferromagnetic. The spectrum was fitted with two superimposed asymmetric sextets, with similar hyperfine magnetic fields of B_hf1 = 48.0(1) T and B_hf2 = 49.0(1) T, corresponding to rhombohedral BFO. The hyperfine fields of the magnetic components decreased systematically with increasing temperature to a ‘field distribution’ just below the Néel temperature, T_N ~ 600 K. At temperatures above 600 K, the spectral line associated with the Bi₂₅FeO₄₀ impurity phase dominates the spectra. This phase is confirmed by XRD measurements. From the temperature dependence of the site populations of the spectral components an average Debye temperature of θ _D = 240(80) K has been estimated.     

Spin polarization of 29P produced through low energy nuclear reaction

Spin polarization of short-lived β-emitting nucleus ²⁹P (I ^π = 1/2^?+?, T _1/2 = 4.14 s) produced through the ²⁸P(d, n) ²⁹P reaction was studied as functions of the incident deuteron energy E _d and the recoil angle θ of ²⁹P. New optimum condition was found at E _d = 3.3 MeV and θ = 30° where polarization of ²⁹P is ?(4.1 ± 0.7) %.     

Generation of subterawatt sub-10-fs blue pulses at 1-5 kHz by broadband frequency doubling

Blue pulses with durations of 8.5 fs are generated by broadband frequency doubling of subterawatt Ti:sapphire laser systems at 1-5-kHz repetition rates. The average powers are 1.6 W at 5 kHz and 1.9 W at 1 kHz. The peak power is 0.16 TW with a duration of 12 fs at 1 kHz.     

Layered [3.3]Orthocyclophane Tricarbonylchromium Complexes

The preparation of the layered [3.3]orthocyclophane tricarbonylchromium mono- and bis complexes, 4 and 5 , are described. X-ray crystallographic analysis reveals the fact that the distances and the dihedral angle between the planes of the two benzo rings in mono complex 4 decrease as compared to those in 1 . This is due to the decrease in π electron density in one benzo unit.