Abstract
With sources in two different chemical forms, high-resolution internal-conversion measurements were made of electron lines from the 23.87-keV transition. It was found that the (valence-shell) electron density near the nucleus is about 30% smaller in Sn than in white tin; calculations show that roughly 17% of this decrease in electron density is compensated for by an increase in the sum of , , , and densities. With this information on electron densities and from the value of the Mössbauer chemical isomer shift between white tin and Sn, it has been possible to conclude that the nuclear charge radius of the 23.87-keV state of is 3.3× larger than that of the ground state.
- Received 1 September 1966
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.17.809
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