Low-energy structure of the even-A 96−104 Ru isotopes via g-factor measurements

The transient-field-perturbed angular correlation technique was used with Coulomb excitation in inverse kinematics to perform a systematic measurement of the g factors of the first excited 2{sub 1}{sup +} states in the stable even-A isotopes {sup 96-104}Ru. The measurements have been made relative to one another under matched kinematic conditions and include a measurement of g(2{sub 1}{sup +})=+0.47(3) in {sup 96}Ru.