Abstract
The condition for the position of the nuclear magnetic resonance line observed in a many-body system to shift away from the Larmor value gamma H 0 is studied. It is shown that shifts of the order of magnitude of that recently observed in liquid 3He below 3 mK are possible only if the system possesses a peculiar ordering property, not hitherto seen in any many-body system, which is called 'spontaneously broken spin-orbit symmetry'. Some general aspects of the behaviour of systems with this property are studied, without making any particular assumptions about the microscopic dynamics.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3187-3204 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 21 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 30 1973 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Engineering(all)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)