Abstract
The molecular beam electric resonance technique has been used to examine the hyperfine spectrum of RbF. The Rb nuclear electric quadrupole interaction, the spin-rotation interactions, and tensor and scalar spin-spin interactions have been measured for both Rb isotopes, including their dependence on vibrational and rotational states. Transition frequencies have been determined to a precision of better than 1 Hz in many cases. The magnetic interactions in the two isotopomers are consistent with what is expected from the known masses and magnetic dipole moments. In the case of the Rb nuclear electric quadrupole interaction, adjustments have been made for a small isotopomer shift, and for the ratio of the effective nuclear electric quadrupole moments, Q( 87Rb)/Q( 85Rb) =0.483 830 1 ±0.000 001 8. The effective quadrupole interaction includes a pseudoquadrupole interaction that may be significant at this level of precision, but cannot be distinguished experimentally.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 244304 |
Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
Volume | 124 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to thank the National Science Foundation for supporting this work as well as the Hardy Research Fellowship and St. Olaf College.