High precision measurement of the11Li and9Li quadrupole moment ratio using zero-fieldβ-NQR

2013

The ratio of electric quadrupole moments of 11 Li and 9 Li was measured using the zero-field β-detected nuclear quadrupole resonance technique at TRIUMFISAC. The precision on the ratio Q11/Q9 = 1.0775(12) was improved by more than one order of magnitude and an absolute value for the quadrupole moment of 11 Li was inferred. Systematic effects, as argued here, are not expected to contribute to the ratio on this scale. The zero-field spin-lattice relaxation time for 8 Li implanted within SrTiO3 at 295K in zero-field was found to be T1 = 1.73(2)s. A comparison of the quadrupole moments of 9,11 Li and their ratio is made with the latest models, however, no conclusion may yet be drawn owing to th…