  Quadrupole moments and charge radii in cadmium isotopes are studied from a
microscopic perspective. The results obtained from self-consistent deformed
Hartree-Fock+BCS calculations with Skyrme forces are compared with isomer and
isotope shifts measured from high resolution laser spectroscopy experiments.
The microscopic calculations reproduce fairly well the main features observed
in those isotopes that include the linear increase with the neutron number of
the quadrupole moments of the 11/2- isomers, as well as the parabolic behavior
of the mean-square charge radii difference between isomers and ground states.
