g-factors of the ground state rotational band of158Dy

Theg-factors of the four lowest states of the ground state rotational band of158Dy have been determined asg(2 1 + )=+0.362(23),g(4 1 su+ )=+0.340(20),g(6 1 su+ )=+0.207(36) andg(8 1 su+ )=+0.21(11). Theg-factors of the 2+ and 4+ states were measured by the IPAC method with radioactive samples of 2.4 h158Er in external magnetic fields. To investigate the higher states, for the first time an on-line γ—γ IPAC experiment was performed with the reaction156Gd(α, 2n)158Dy by use of the static hyperfine field of DyGd.