SPIN RELAXATION OF POLARIZED HE-3 IN THE MAGNETIC-FIELD OF A HELMHOLTZ PAIR

Authors
DANIELS JM
Citation
Jm. Daniels, SPIN RELAXATION OF POLARIZED HE-3 IN THE MAGNETIC-FIELD OF A HELMHOLTZ PAIR, Canadian journal of physics, 73(7-8), 1995, pp. 420-424
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Canadian journal of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084204
Volume
73
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
420 - 424
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4204(1995)73:7-8<420:SROPHI>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The fact that the motion of the atoms of helium-3 gas is so quick that the spins cannot follow the change of direction of an inhomogeneous m agnetic field adiabatically is an important spin relaxation mechanism. The spin relaxation rates are calculated for a spherical sample situa ted at the centre of a Helmholtz pair. The calculation is made for the first two nonvanishing terms in the inhomogeneity, the fourth and six th degree terms.