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Magnetic resonance is a phenomenon that affects a Magnetic dipole when placed in a uniform static magnetic field. Its energy is split into a finite number of energy levels, depending on the value of quantum number of angular momentum. This is similar to energy quantization for atoms, say in H atom; in this case the atom, in interaction to an external electric field, transitions between different energy levels by absorbing or emitting photons. Similarly if a magnetic dipole is perturbed with electromagnetic field of proper frequency(), it can transit between its energy eigenstates, but as the separation between energy eigenvalues is small, the frequency of the photon will be the microwave or radio frequency range. If the dipole is tickled with a field of another frequency, it is unlikely to transition. This phenomenon is similar to that, when a system is acted on by a periodic force of frequency equal to its natural frequency. ==Quantum mechanical explanation== As a magnetic dipole, using a spin system such as a proton; according to the quantum mechanical state of the system, denoted by : , evolved by the action of an unitary operator ; the result obeys Schrödinger equation: States with definite energy evolve in time with phase ,( ) where E is the energy of the state, since the probability of finding the system in state = is independent of time. Such states are termed stationary states, so if a system is prepared in a stationary state, (i.e. one of the eigenstates of the Hamiltonian operator), then P(t)=1,i.e. it remains in that state indefinitely. This the case only for isolated systems. When a system in a stationary state is perturbed, its state changes, so it is no longer an eigenstate of the system's complete Hamiltonian. This same phenomenon happens in magnetic resonance for a spin system in a magnetic field. The Hamiltonian for a magnetic dipole (associated with a spin particle) in a magnetic field is: Here is the larmor precession frequency of the dipole for magnetic field and is z Pauli matrix. So the eigenvalues of are and . If the system is perturbed by a weak magnetic field , rotating counterclockwise in x-y plane (normal to ) with angular frequency , so that , then and are not eigenstates of the Hamiltonian, which is modified into It is inconvenient to deal with a time-dependent hamiltonian. To make time-independent requires a new reference frame rotating with ,i.e. rotation operator on , which amounts to basis change in hilbert space. Using this on Schrödinger's equation, the Hamiltonian becomes: Writing in the basis of as- Using this form of the Hamiltonian a new basis is found: where and This Hamiltonian is exactly similar to that of a two state system with unperturbed energies & with a perturbation expressed by ; According to Rabi oscillation, starting with state, a dipole in parallel to with energy , the probability that it will transit to state (i.e. it will flip) is Now if , i.e. rotates with larmor frequency of the dipole in magnetic field, then at some point of time, say ; i.e. a diplole can be completely flipped. When , the probability of change of energy state is small, so the previous case reflected resonance. This resonance condition is used for measurement of the magnetic moment of a dipole, magnetic field at a point in space, etc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Magnetic resonance (quantum mechanics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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