THE 19/2- g-FACTOR IN 39K USING A TRANSIENT FIELD-FUSION REACTION TECHNIQUE

The magnetic moment of the 19/2- state in 39K has been measured by the transient field technique. The state was excited by the inverse reaction 12C(32S,pa)39K and the recoil nucleus traversed a thin Gd foil. Its absolute g-factor, g= 0.35(3), was obtained by an internal calibration, which makes use of the magnetic moment of the 15/2+ state in 41Ca also excited in the same reaction. The experimental result agrees well within shell model predictions.