Transverse Spin Relaxation in Liquid 129Xe in the Presence of Large Dipolar Fields

M. V. Romalis; M. P. Ledbetter

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.067601

Transverse Spin Relaxation in Liquid ¹²⁹Xe in the Presence of Large Dipolar Fields

M. V. Romalis, M. P. Ledbetter

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Using spin-echo NMR techniques we study the transverse spin relaxation of hyperpolarized liquid ¹²⁹Xe in a spherical cell. We observe an instability of the transverse magnetization due to dipolar fields produced by liquid ¹²⁹Xe, and find that imperfections in the Π pulses of the spin-echo sequence suppress this instability. A simple perturbative model of this effect is in good agreement with the data. We obtain a transverse spin relaxation time of 1300 sec in liquid ¹²⁹Xe, and discuss applications of hyperpolarized liquid ¹²⁹Xe as a sensitive magnetic gradiometer and for a permanent electric dipole moment search.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	67601-1-67601-4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	87
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.067601
State	Published - Aug 6 2001
Externally published	Yes

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