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The Study of Mechanisms of Superconductivity by NMR Relaxation

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This chapter describes the use of NMR to study superconductivity. The focus is on the use of NMR measurements of spin-lattice relaxation (T 1) to provide insight into the possible mechanisms which give rise to superconductivity. The chapter begins with a review of NMR T 1 in the normal state of metals, followed by an explanation of how, according to the theory of Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer (BCS), the situation is modified when the metal becomes superconducting. These ideas are then applied in a discussion of several recent superconducting systems. Data presented for alkali fullerenes show that the fullerides are conventional BCS superconductors, while data for cuprate superconductors suggest a much different type of superconducting pairing. The authors conclude with a discussion of some organic materials that exhibit superconductivity or, with slight modification in structure, antiferromagnetism. In the studies of the antiferromagnetism, it is found that NMR can detect the electron spin-spin interaction discovered by Dzialoshinskii and Moriya.

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F. Smith, D., P. Slichter, C. (2006). The Study of Mechanisms of Superconductivity by NMR Relaxation. In: Dolinšek, J., Vilfan, M., Žumer, S. (eds) Novel NMR and EPR techniques. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 684. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32627-8_9

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