51. Alignment-to-orientation conversion and nuclear quadrupole resonance
- Author
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Simon M. Rochester, Derek F. Jackson Kimball, J. T. Urban, and Dmitry Budker
- Subjects
Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph) ,Physics ,Nuclear magnetic resonance ,Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) ,Mathematics::General Mathematics ,Condensed Matter::Superconductivity ,Physics - Chemical Physics ,FOS: Physical sciences ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Nuclear quadrupole resonance ,Polarization (waves) ,Physics - Atomic Physics - Abstract
The role of alignment-to-orientation conversion (AOC) in nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) is discussed. AOC is shown to be the mechanism responsible for the appearance of macroscopic orientation in a sample originally lacking any global polarization. Parallels are drawn between NQR and AOC in atomic physics., 4 pages, 3 figures, v2: reorganized, Appendix added
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- 2003