NUCLEAR-RELAXATION OF HE-3 IN THE PRESENCE OF O-2

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作者
SAAM, B
HAPPER, W
MIDDLETON, H
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[1] Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 52卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.52.862
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We have measured the longitudinal nuclear relaxation rate T1-1 for He3 in the presence of molecular oxygen in the temperature range T200-400 K. At room temperature, T1-1=0.448±0.010 s-1 per amagat O2, in approximate agreement with theoretical models for intermolecular dipolar relaxation. Furthermore, in this temperature range, T1-1T-0.42±0.04. Our results are of practical importance for the growing number of applications involving hyperpolarized noble gases. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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