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Alignment-to-orientation conversion and nuclear quadrupole resonance

Chemical Physics 2009-11-10 v2 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.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0302084,
  title  = {Alignment-to-orientation conversion and nuclear quadrupole resonance},
  author = {D. Budker and D. F. Kimball and S. M. Rochester and J. T. Urban},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0302084},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures, v2: reorganized, Appendix added