Measurement of the nuclear quadrupole moment of53Cr by laser-Rf double resonance

The hyperfine structure of the metastable atomic states (3d ⁴4s ²)⁵ D _1,2,3,4 of⁵³Cr has been measured using theABMR-LIRF method (atomic beam magnetic resonance detected by laser induced resonance fluorescence). The dipole coupling constantsA and the quadrupole coupling constantsB are found to beA(⁵ D ₁)=?17.624(2) MHzB(⁵ D ₁)=?21.847(5) MHzA(⁵ D ₂)=?25.113(2) MHzB(⁵ D ₂)=?13.485(5) MHzA(⁵ D ₃)=?35.683(2) MHzB(⁵ D ₃)=15.565(5) MHzA(⁵ D ₄)=?48.755(2) MHzB(⁵ D ₄)=63.021(5) MHz. From these measured hfs constants the electric quadrupole moment for⁵³Cr is calculated to beQ=?0.15 (5) barn. The 30% error takes into account the uncertainties due to configuration interaction effects (shielding and antishielding effects) and of deviations from pure SL-coupling for the states⁵ D _1,2,3,4.