Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2006-12-07
Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A579:472-475,2007
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
4 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.105
Investigations of the polarization and relaxation of $^{209}$Rn by spin exchange with laser optically pumped rubidium are reported. On the order of one million atoms per shot were collected in coated and uncoated glass cells. Gamma-ray anisotropies were measured as a signal of the alignment (second order moment of the polarization) resulting from the combination of polarization and quadrupole relaxation at the cell walls. The temperature dependence over the range 130$^\circ$C to 220$^\circ$C shows the anisotropies increasing with increasing temperature as the ratio of the spin exchange polarization rate to the wall relaxation rate increases faster than the rubidium polarization decreases. Polarization relaxation rates for coated and uncoated cells are presented. In addition, improved limits on the multipole mixing ratios of some of the main gamma-ray transitions have been extracted. These results are promising for electric dipole moment measurements of octupole-deformed $^{223}$Rn and other isotopes, provided sufficient quantities of the rare isotopes can be produced.
Behr J. A.
Chupp Timothy E.
Gulyuz K.
Lefferts R. S.
Lorenzon Wolfgang
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