Nuclear alignment of¹⁴⁷Nd

Abstract

Abstract Neodymium 147 has been aligned in a crystal of neodymium ethyl sulphate. The directional distributions and states of polarization of the 90 and 530 kev γ-rays have been measured. It is concluded that both transitions are mixturee of M1 and E2 radiation (δE2/M1= −0·17 ±0·15 for the 90 kev and + 0·75±0·25 for the 530 kev γ-rays) and that the 530 kev state has spin 7/2+. From the 530 kev results a value for the nuclear magnetic moment of 147Nd of 0·44±.06 nuclear magnetons is found.