Hyperfine quantum beat of short-lived beta-emitter8Li polarized by the tilted foil technique

To disclose the basic mechanisms of nuclear polarization creation realized by the tilted foil technique, hyperfine quantum beats of the nuclear polarization of the short-lived beta-emitter⁸Li(I=2⁺,T_1/2=840 ms) were measured as a function of the distance between two tilted foils. From the observed beats of the⁸Li nuclear polarization, it was found that the Fermi-contact interaction of the⁸Li nucleus with the ground 1s-electron in LiIII plays a main role in the final stage of polarization transfer from polarized orbital electrons to the⁸Li nucleus.