Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1996

DOI

10.1515/zna-1996-5-610

Publication Title

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung A

Volume

51

Issue

(5-6)

Pages

368-372

Conference Name

X l l l th International Symposium on Nuclear Quadrupole Interactions, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, July 23-28, 1995

Abstract

Mössbauer spectroscopy is a useful probe for investigating nuclear quadrupole interactions. It enables the magnitude, sign and asymmetry of the electric quadrupole coupling constant to be determined. It is especially important for its ability to measure these parameters for excited nuclear states. The Mössbauer effect is used to measure excited state quadrupole moments in materials whose electric field gradient (EFG) is known. More commonly however, it is used to determine the EFG from which atomic bonding and electronic structure are determined. The technique also allows temperature dependent orientation of sublattice magnetization to be measured using the direction of the electric quadrupole coupling as a reference.

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Published under the terms of a Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.

Original Publication Citation

Cook, D. C. (1996). Measurement of nuclear quadrupole interactions using Mössbauer spectroscopy. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A, 51(5-6), 368-372. https://doi.org/10.1515/zna-1996-5-610

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