The magnetic circular dichroism spectra of KI and RbI have been measur
ed with the reflection method at 30 K as well as at room temperature i
n the energy region from 5 to 9.5 eV. Accurate effective g values (g(e
ff)) of excitons were determined on the basis of the rigid-shift model
. The relation between the obtained values of g(eff) and the band stru
cture is discussed in terms of the tight-binding model.