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This research aims to calculate the paramagnetic relaxation time of electron spins in metals and identify the dominant relaxation processes.

February 15, 1953Physical Review

Paramagnetic Relaxation in Metals

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Theoretical analysis calculates paramagnetic relaxation time of electron spins in metals, indicating temperature dependence.

This research aims to calculate the paramagnetic relaxation time of electron spins in metals and identify the dominant relaxation processes.
Calculated relaxation time for electron spins in metals at room temperature.
Analyzed interactions with lattice vibrations, nuclear spins, other electrons, and impurity atoms.
Focused on the interaction between electron magnetic moments and fields from other electrons' motion.
Calculated a relaxation time of approximately one microsecond at room temperature.
Identified that relaxation time is inversely proportional to absolute temperature.
Demonstrated that the interaction with other electrons' translational motion is the most significant.

A. W. Overhauser (1953) studied this question.

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