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Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1141–1144 (1986)

[Issue 9 – 1 September 1986 ]

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Quantum Beats from Nuclei Excited by Synchrotron Radiation

E. Gerdau, R. Rüffer, and R. Hollatz

II. Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, D-2000 Hamburg 50, Federal Republic of Germany

J. P. Hannon

Physics Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77001

We report the experimental observation of quantum beats in the coherently scattered radiation from nuclei excited by synchrotron-radiation pulses. The measurements were made with ⁵⁷Fe-enriched yttrium-iron-garnet crystals, by reflection from two parallel crystals using the pure nuclear (002) Bragg reflection. The resulting beat pattern gives a sensitive direct measure both of the hyperfine splittings of individual iron nuclei, and of the energy shifts between different nuclear sites.

©1986 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v57/p1141
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.1141
PACS: 61.10.Pa, 07.85.+n, 42.10.Qj, 76.80.+y

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