Extreme nuclear magnetic resonance: Zero field, single spins, dark matter…
1Helmholtz Institute, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany; Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, USA.
Abstract:
An unusual regime for liquid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) where the magnetic field strength is so low that the J-coupling (intramolecular spin-spin) interactions dominate the spin Hamiltonian opens a new paradigm with applications in spectroscopy, quantum control, and in fundamental-physics experiments, including searches for well-motivated dark-matter candidates. An interesting possibility is to bring this kind of "extreme NMR" together with another one-single nuclear spin detected with a single-spin quantum sensor. This would enable single-molecule J-spectroscopy.
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