Electric quadrupole moments of the 2+ 1 states in 100,102,104Cd
Phys. Rev. C
Using the REX-ISOLDE facility at CERN the Coulomb excitation cross sections for the 0+
gs→2+
1 transition in the 𝛽-unstable isotopes
100,102,104
Cd
have been measured for the first time. Two different targets were used, which allows for the first extraction of the static electric quadrupole moments 𝑄(2+
1) in
102,104
Cd
. In addition to the 𝐵(𝐸2) values in
102,104
Cd
, a first experimental limit for the 𝐵(𝐸2) value in
100
Cd
is presented. The data was analyzed using the maximum likelihood method. The provided probability distributions impose a test for theoretical predictions of the static and dynamic moments. The data are interpreted within the shell-model using realistic matrix elements obtained from a 𝐺-matrix renormalized CD-Bonn interaction. In view of recent results for the light Sn isotopes the data are discussed in the context of a renormalization of the neutron effective charge. This study is the first to use the reorientation effect for post-accelerated short-lived radioactive isotopes to simultaneously determine the 𝐵(𝐸2) and the 𝑄(2+
1) values.