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An experimental method is presented which allows the determination of the sign of nuclear electric quadrupole interactions in solids. Activated target nuclei with a purely dipolar spin polarization are produced by capture of polarized thermal neutrons. The quadrupole coupling of the nuclei to the electric field gradient tensor in the target crystal converts this (dipolar) polarization partly into a (quadrupolar) alignment, which can be measured by the anisotropy of theγ-ray emission in a succeeding nuclear transition. The sign of the alignment created in this reorientation process depends on the sign of the electric quadrupole interaction. The reorientation effect can be enhanced by selective induction of nuclear magnetic resonance transitions. The method has been applied to measure the sign of the crystal electric field gradient (efg) in tetragonal MgF2. Further, the sign of an efg in cubic CaF2 originating from a19F interstitial adjacent to the activated20F probe nucleus has been determined. The method is in principle applicable to a considerable number of nuclides.
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Dubbers, D., Ackermann, H., Grupp, M. et al. Sign of nuclear electric quadrupole coupling constants in solids fromγ-ray anisotropy measurements after capture of polarized neutrons. Z Physik B 25, 363–368 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01315252
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