Measurement of the reorientation effect in 24Mg

Abstract

The reorientation effect in Coulomb excitation with 62 MeV 35Cl projectiles was used to measure the static quadrupole moment of the first excited state in 24Mg. From a comparison of the inelastic scattering cross sections at CM scattering angles of 123.1° and 72.8°, a static quadrupole moment of Q = −0.243 ± 0.035 b was deduced. The E2 matrix element connecting the ground state and first excited state was also measured and corresponds to 20.3 ± 1.4 W.u. for the 2+ → 0+ transition. The results are compared with predictions of the rotational model.