Recoil-distance measurements of the g-factor of 22Ne(21+)

Time-differential recoil-into-vacuum measurements with a plunger have been performed on the first-excited I^π = 2⁺ state of ²²Ne. The state was populated with the ⁴He(¹⁹F, p)²²Ne reaction on ⁴He-implanted foils. The measurements lead to a $\text{g-}\text{factor}\text{of}\text{¦g¦ = 0.326 ± 0.012}$ and to a mean life of τ_m = 5.2 ± 0.3 ps. The analysis also yields the population of excited two-electron ions and indicates that the population may depend on the thickness of the ¹²C contamination layer through which the ions recoil into vacuum.