spin-orbit coupling

quantum mechanics

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magnetic resonance effects

  • Figure 1: Precession of a magnetic dipole moment μ in the presence of a constant field H and a rotating field H′ (see text)
    In magnetic resonance: Electron-spin resonance

    …the ligand field and the spin-orbit coupling. In the lanthanoids, for instance, the ligand field is weak and unable to uncouple the spin and orbital momentum, leaving the latter largely unreduced. In the iron group, on the other hand, the components of the ligand field are, as a rule, stronger…

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