Präzisionsmessung der Hyperfeinstruktur des 52P3/2-Terms und des 62P3/2-Terms von Rb85 und Rb87

To study the modification of the value of the nuclear quadrupole moment obtained without Sternheimer correction from measurements in states with different principal quantum numbers, the hyperfine structure splitting of the 5² P _3/2 and the 6² P _3/2 excited states of Rb I has been investigated with the optical double resonance method. The experiments, in which isotopic enriched samples of Rb⁸⁵ and Rb⁸⁷ were used, have been carried out in the 5² P _3/2 state without a static magnetic field. In the 6² P _3/2 state, a static magnetic field was applied. For the 5² P _3/2 state, the hyperfine structure constants areA(Rb⁸⁵)=25.029(16) Mc/s,B(Rb⁸⁵)=26.032(70) Mc/s,A(Rb⁸⁷)=84.852(30) Mc/s,B(Rb⁸⁷)=12.611(70) Mc/s. The corresponding constants for the 6² P _3/2 state areA(Rb⁸⁵)=8.25(10) Mc/s,B(Rb⁸⁵)=8.16(20) Mc/s,A(Rb⁸⁷)=27.96(35) Mc/s,B(Rb⁸⁷)=3.95(10) Mc/s. The values of the nuclear quadrupole moments, derived from both finestructure states, can be brought into agreement when the Sternheimer core correction is applied. The Landé factor for the 6² P _3/2 state isg _j=1.334(1).