COULOMB EXCITATION OF THE FIRST 2$sup +$ STATE OF $sup 24$Mg.

Coulomb excitation of the first excited state of $^{24}\mathrm{Mg}$ has been investigated by means of a coincidence experiment using a position-sensitive detector. Interpreting the data according to the semiclassical theory and correcting for quantal effects, we obtained a reduced transition probability of $B(E2; {0}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{2}^{+})=0.042\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.002 {e}^{2}{\mathrm{b}}^{2}$ and a static quadrupole moment of ${Q}_{{2}^{+}}=\ensuremath{-}0.305\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.064 e\mathrm{b}$.