Precision measurement of the magnetic octupole moment in 45Sc as a test for state-of-the-art atomic-and nuclear-structure theory

TY - JOUR

T1 - Precision measurement of the magnetic octupole moment in 45Sc as a test for state-of-the-art atomic-and nuclear-structure theory

AU - de Groote, Ruben

AU - Moreno, J.

AU - Dobaczewski, Jacek Jan

AU - Koszorús, Á.

AU - Moore, Iain

AU - Reponen, M.

AU - Sahoo, B.K.

AU - Yuan, C.

N1 - © 2022 The Authors

PY - 2022/4/10

Y1 - 2022/4/10

N2 - We report on measurements of the hyperfine A, Band C-constants of the 3d4s22D5/2and 3d4s22D3/2 atomic states in 45Sc. High-precision atomic calculations of the hyperfine fields of these states and second-order corrections are performed, and are used to extract C5/2=−0.06(6)kHz and C3/2=+0.04(3)kHz from the data. These results are one order of magnitude more precise than the available literature. From the combined analysis of both atomic states, we infer the nuclear magnetic octupole moment Omega =−0.07(53)μNb, including experimental and atomic structure-related uncertainties. With a single valence proton outside of a magic calcium core, scandium is ideally suited to test a variety of nuclear models, and to investigate in-depth the many intriguing nuclear structure phenomena observed within the neighbouring isotopes of calcium. We perform nuclear shell-model calculations of Omega, and furthermore explore the use of Density Functional Theory for evaluating Omega. From this, mutually consistent theoretical values of Omega are obtained, which are in agreement with the experimental value. This confirms atomic structure calculations possess the accuracy and precision required for magnetic octupole moment measurements, and shows that modern nuclear theory is capable of providing meaningful insight into this largely unexplored observable.

AB - We report on measurements of the hyperfine A, Band C-constants of the 3d4s22D5/2and 3d4s22D3/2 atomic states in 45Sc. High-precision atomic calculations of the hyperfine fields of these states and second-order corrections are performed, and are used to extract C5/2=−0.06(6)kHz and C3/2=+0.04(3)kHz from the data. These results are one order of magnitude more precise than the available literature. From the combined analysis of both atomic states, we infer the nuclear magnetic octupole moment Omega =−0.07(53)μNb, including experimental and atomic structure-related uncertainties. With a single valence proton outside of a magic calcium core, scandium is ideally suited to test a variety of nuclear models, and to investigate in-depth the many intriguing nuclear structure phenomena observed within the neighbouring isotopes of calcium. We perform nuclear shell-model calculations of Omega, and furthermore explore the use of Density Functional Theory for evaluating Omega. From this, mutually consistent theoretical values of Omega are obtained, which are in agreement with the experimental value. This confirms atomic structure calculations possess the accuracy and precision required for magnetic octupole moment measurements, and shows that modern nuclear theory is capable of providing meaningful insight into this largely unexplored observable.

U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2022.136930

DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2022.136930

M3 - Letter

SN - 0370-2693

VL - 827

JO - Physics Letters B : Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology

JF - Physics Letters B : Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology

M1 - 136930

ER -