Observation of the gamma resonance of a long-lived $^{109m}$Ag isomer using a gravitational gamma-ray spectrometer

Experiments confirming the previous data on the small real width of the γ resonance of ^109m Ag have been performed with a gravitational gamma-ray spectrometer. The achieved resolution is eight orders of magnitude higher than that of Mössbauer spectrometers using gamma rays from a ⁵⁷Fe nuclide. The theoretically predicted broadening of the Mössbauer gamma line of ^109m Ag by five orders of magnitude (due to the dipole-dipole interaction between the magnetic moments of neighboring nuclei) has not been observed.