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Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.495, No.4-6, 287-291, 2010
NMR relaxometry: Spin lattice relaxation times in the laboratory frame versus spin lattice relaxation times in the rotating frame
Relaxometry dispersion curves display the spin lattice relaxation rate as a function of the measurement frequency. However, as far as proton NMR is considered, dispersion curves usually start around 5 kHz and thus miss the very low frequency region. This gap can be filled by the measurement of the spin-lattice relaxation rate in the rotating frame. The issue of connecting both relaxation rates is considered for two relaxation mechanisms: (i) randomly varying magnetic fields, (ii) dipolar interaction within a system of two equivalent spins. Appropriate data processing is presented and the random field mechanism turns out to be adequate. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.