Universality of spin relaxation for spin-1/2 particles diffusing over magnetic-field inhomogeneities in the adiabatic regime

M. Guigue, G. Pignol, R. Golub, and A. K. Petukhov
Phys. Rev. A 90, 013407 – Published 9 July 2014
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  • INTRODUCTION
  • GENERAL CONCEPTS OF POLARIZED GAS…
  • LONGITUDINAL RELAXATION RATE IN THE…
  • VALIDITY DOMAIN OF THE RESULT AND…
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • APPENDICES
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    Abstract

    We present a theoretical analysis of spin relaxation, for a polarized gas of spin 1/2 particles undergoing restricted adiabatic diffusive motion within a container of arbitrary shape, due to magnetic field inhomogeneities of arbitrary form.

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    • Received 24 March 2014

    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.013407

    ©2014 American Physical Society

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    M. Guigue* and G. Pignol

    • LPSC, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France

    R. Golub

    • Physics Department, North Carolina University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27965, USA

    A. K. Petukhov

    • Institut Laue Langevin, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, 38000 Grenoble, France

    • *guigue@lpsc.in2p3.fr

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    Vol. 90, Iss. 1 — July 2014

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