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We consider the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate, $1/T_1T$ in superconductors with accidental nodes. We show that a Hebel-Slichter-like peak occurs even in the absence of an isotropic component of the superconducting gap. The…

Low-frequency spin dynamics in the S=1/2 antiferromagnetic spin-chain compound \alpha-VO(PO_3)_2 has been studied by means of 31P NMR. The nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T_1 at the P site exhibits H^{-1/2} dependence on the applied…

We propose a model for spectral diffusion of localized spins in semiconductors due to the dipolar fluctuations of lattice nuclear spins. Each nuclear spin flip-flop is assumed to be independent, the rate for this process being calculated by…

Motivated by ferrimagnetic oligonuclear and chain compounds synthesized by Caneschi et al., both of which consist of alternating manganese(II) ions and nitronyl-nitroxide radicals, we calculate the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T_1…

For a noncentrosymmetric superconductor such as CePt3Si, we consider a Cooper pairing model with a two-component order parameter composed of spin-singlet and spin-triplet pairing components. We demonstrate that such a model on a qualitative…

S = 1/2 competing spin chain compound Cs2Cu2Mo3O12 has two dominant exchange interactions of the nearest neighbouring ferromagnetic J1= 93 K and the second nearest neighbouring antiferromagnetic J2= +33 K, and is expected to show the…

Recent proton spin-lattice relaxation-time (T_1_) measurements on the ferrimagnetic chain compound NiCu(C_7_H_6_N_2_O_6_)(H_2_O)_3_2H_2_O are explained by an elaborately modified spin-wave theory. We give a strong evidence of the major…

Measurements of the spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T_1 by nuclear magnetic resonance for the one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet Sr_2CuO_3 have provided evidence for a diffusion-like contribution at finite temperature and small…

^{139}La NMR measurements of La_{2/3}Ca_{1/3}MnO_3 performed in the paramagnetic state and high magnetic fields are reported. Analysis of the high temperature spectrum measured establishes that the spectrum it is a standard powder pattern…

A room temperature nuclear magnetic resonance force microscope (MRFM), fitted in a $^1$Tesla electromagnet, is used to measure the nuclear spin relaxation of $^1$H in a micron-size (70ng) crystal of ammonium sulfate. NMR sequences,…

Nuclear spin-lattice (1/T1) and spin-spin (1/T2) relaxation rates of the cation sites of a quantum spin-liquid candidate b'-EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2 and its deuterated sample are presented. The enhanced 1/T1 of 1H and 2D are well analyzed…

Nuclear spin relaxation is studied in n-GaAs thick layers and microcavity samples with different electron densities. We reveal that both in metallic samples where electrons are free and mobile, and in insulating samples, where electrons are…

Spin fluctuation-induced superconductivity in quasi-two dimensional organic compounds, \kappa-BEDT-TTF salts, is investigated within a fluctuation exchange (FLEX) approximation using a half-filled Hubbard model with a right-angled isosceles…

Nuclear relaxation in half-integer spin chains at low temperatures (T << J, the antiferromagnetic exchange constant) is dominated by dissipation from a gas of thermally-excited, overdamped, spinons. The universal low temperature dependence…

We show theoretically that the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate (T_1T)^{-1} and the spin susceptibility exhibit divergent behaviors toward zero temperature at the quantum critical point (QCP) of the first-order valence transition.…

Nuclear spin-lattice relaxation times are measured on copper using magnetic resonance force microscopy performed at temperatures down to 42 mK. The low temperature is verified by comparison with the Korringa relation. Measuring spin-lattice…

We microscopically derive the spin diffusion equation in an s-wave superconductor in the vicinity of the superconducting transition temperature Tc. Applying the general relation between the relaxation function and the response function to…

Bismuth chalcogenides Bi$_2$Se$_3$ and Bi$_2$Te$_3$ are semiconductors, which can be both thermoelectric materials (TE) and topological insulators (TI). Lattice defects arising from vacancies, impurities, or dopants in these materials are…

We present measurements on nuclear spin relaxation probed by a single quantum dot in a high-mobility electron gas. Current passing through the dot leads to a spin transfer from the electronic to the nuclear spin system. Applying electron…

We report 63Cu(2) spin-lattice relaxation rate measurements of YBa_2Cu_3O_{6.95} in magnetic fields from 2.1 T to 27.3 T obtained from 17O(2,3) nuclear magnetic resonance spin-spin relaxation. For T < 120 K, the spin-lattice rate increases…