Diagonal and Off-Diagonal Hyperfine Structure in the Ground Multiplets of Boron and Aluminum by the Atomic Beam Method; Magnetic Dipole Radial Parameters

Abstract

The magnetic resonance spectra of the ground 2P multiplets of 11B and 27Al have been remeasured by the method of atomic beams and the coupling constants A3/2, B3/2, and gJ(2P3/2) and gJ(2P1/2) for 11B, and A1/2 for 27Al, have been redetermined to higher precision. Measurements have also been made, by the triple resonance method, of two ΔMJ = 0, ΔMI = ± 1 transitions in both 11B and27 Al and from these the off-diagonal magnetic dipole coupling constants A3/2,1/2 have been determined.These measurements have enabled us to evaluate the magnetic dipole radial parameters [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text] for both boron and aluminum. The departures of [Formula: see text] and the ratio [Formula: see text] from their restricted Hartree–Fock values are plotted as functions of the occupation number N for all elements with (2p)N and (3p)N ground configuration for which data are available. The trends are briefly discussed.