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Use of Rotating Coordinates in Magnetic Resonance Problems

I. I. Rabi, N. F. Ramsey, and J. Schwinger

I. I. Rabi

  • Columbia University, New York, New York

N. F. Ramsey and J. Schwinger

  • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Rev. Mod. Phys. 26, 167 – Published 1 April, 1954

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.26.167

Abstract

The use of a rotating coordinate system to solve magnetic resonance problems is described. On a coordinate system rotating with the applied rotating magnetic field the effective field is reduced by the Larmor field appropriate to the rotational frequency. However, on such a coordinate system problems can more readily be solved since there is no time variation of the field. The solution in a stationary frame of reference is then obtained by a transformation from the rotating to the stationary frame. This procedure is equally valid in classical and in quantum-mechanical problems. The method is applied both to the molecular beam magnetic resonance method and to resonance absorption and nuclear induction experiments.

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