Effects of Finite Lattice Heat Capacity on Spin Lattice Relaxation: Theory and Numerical Analysis, Issues 102-104

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - 21 pages
The transient magnetic behavior of a paramagnetic substance, after an initial disturbance, is considered theoretically for a variety of situations in which the lattice temperature rises as a result of energy flow from the magnetic (electron spin) system. The relaxation mechanisms considered are the direct process, involving interaction between spins and the resonant-phonon modes, and a T(9) Raman process, involving the remaining phonon modes. It is first assumed that the resonant and remaining modes are strongly coupled to each other, and that the helium bath has been removed (helium temperatures are assumed). Next, the opposite extreme is considered -- that in which the resonant and remaining modes are totally uncoupled; the helium bath is again assumed to have been removed. Two dramatic effects can occur, depending upon initial conditions. One is the rapid decay to saturation from initial inversion, due to an avalanching creation of resonant phonons by the spins. The second is the pronounced inhibition of the subsequent decay, with the spins remaining near saturation. Finally, consideration is given to the case of spins coupled only to the resonant phonons, which in turn are coupled to a constant temperature bath, whether this be the helium or the remaining modes. Recent phonon avalanche experiments are discussed in this context. It is pointed out that such experiments, performed in the absence of a bath, may provide a reliable measurement of inelastic phonon-boundary scattering.

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