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Figure 1: Precession of a magnetic dipole moment μ in the presence of a constant field H and a rotating field H′ (see text)

Figure 2: Magnetic resonance spectrometer (see text)

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Larmor precession dynamic nuclear polarization nuclear magnetic resonance electron paramagnetic resonance magnetic resonance imaging magnetic resonance spectroscopy magnetic resonance spectrometry atom radioactivity fundamental force atomic weight mole valence atomic radius binding energy atomic mass quantum number atomic number

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Rabi

Isidor Isaac Rabi

American physicist