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    Magnetic Moment Magnetic Field Torque Vector Product Magnetic Force Applications Magnetic Field Concepts

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    When a magnetic moment is placed in a magnetic field, it experiences a torque that causes it to precess around the direction of the magnetic field rather than align with it. This precession is known as Larmor precession. The precession angular velocity, also called the Larmor frequency, is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field. Larmor precession occurs for the magnetic dipoles of electron orbits and intrinsic magnetic moments associated with electron spin and nuclear spins.

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    Magnetic Moment Magnetic Field Torque Vector Product Magnetic Force Applications Magnetic Field Concepts

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    When a magnetic moment is placed in a magnetic field, it experiences a torque that causes it to precess around the direction of the magnetic field rather than align with it. This precession is known as Larmor precession. The precession angular velocity, also called the Larmor frequency, is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field. Larmor precession occurs for the magnetic dipoles of electron orbits and intrinsic magnetic moments associated with electron spin and nuclear spins.

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    When a magnetic moment is placed in a magnetic field, it experiences a torque that causes it to precess around the direction of the magnetic field rather than align with it. This precession is known as Larmor precession. The precession angular velocity, also called the Larmor frequency, is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field. Larmor precession occurs for the magnetic dipoles of electron orbits and intrinsic magnetic moments associated with electron spin and nuclear spins.

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    Magnetic Moment Magnetic Field Torque Vector Product Magnetic Force Applications Magnetic Field Concepts

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    When a magnetic moment is placed in a magnetic field, it experiences a torque that causes it to precess around the direction of the magnetic field rather than align with it. This precession is known as Larmor precession. The precession angular velocity, also called the Larmor frequency, is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field. Larmor precession occurs for the magnetic dipoles of electron orbits and intrinsic magnetic moments associated with electron spin and nuclear spins.

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    Larmor Precession
    Magnetic
    When a magnetic moment μ is placed in a force
    magnetic field B, it experiences a torque applications
    which can be expressed in the form of a
    vector product Magnetic
    field
    concepts

    Reference
    For a static magnetic moment or a Rohlf, Sec
    classical current loop, this torque tends to 8-4
    line up the magnetic moment with the
    magnetic field B, so this represents its
    lowest energy configuration. But if the
    magnetic moment arises from the motion
    of an electron in orbit around a nucleus,
    the magnetic moment is proportional to
    the angular momentum of the electron.
    The torque exerted then produces a
    change in angular momentum which is
    perpendicular to that angular momentum,
    causing the magnetic moment to precess
    around the direction of the magnetic field
    rather than settle down in the direction of
    the magnetic field. This is called Larmor
    precession.

    When a torque is exerted perpendicular to the angular momentum L, it produces a change


    in angular momentum ΔL which is perpendicular to L, causing it to precess about the z
    axis. Labeling the precession angle as φ, we can describe the effect of the torque as
    follows:

    The precession angular velocity (Larmor frequency) is

    These relationships for a finite current loop extend to the magnetic dipoles of electron
    orbits and to the intrinsic magnetic moment associated with electron spin. There is also a
    characteristic Larmor frequency for nuclear spins.

    In the case of the electron spin precession, the angular frequency associated with the spin
    transition is usually written in the general form

    ω = gB
    where g is called the gyromagetic ratio (sometimes the magnetogyric ratio). This angular
    frequency is associated with the "spin flip" or spin transition, involving an energy change
    of 2μB. An example for magnetic field 1 Tesla follows.

    The characteristic frequencies associated with electron spin are employed in electron spin
    resonance (ESR) experiments, and those associated with the nuclear spin in nuclear
    magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments.

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