Magnetic resonance (MR) is an important experimental technique by which the ► spin orientation of an isolated particle (atom, ion, nucleus, electron, neutron, …) or the macroscopic polarization of an ensemble of particles (► ensembles in quantum mechanics) can be manipulated in a controlled way.
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- Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
- Bloch Equation
- Bohmian Mechanic
- Macroscopic Polarization
- Optical Bloch Equation
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Weis, A. (2009). Magnetic Resonance. In: Greenberger, D., Hentschel, K., Weinert, F. (eds) Compendium of Quantum Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70626-7_112
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