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The temperature and frequency dependence of the nuclear relaxation rate in dielectric glasses is investigated. It is shown that at low and ultralow temperatures nuclear relaxation is due to an interaction between the nuclear quadrupole moment and fluctuations of the electric field created by dipole moments of two-level systems. Fluctuations of this field can be associated with the background relaxation or are due only to the dipole-dipole interaction between two-level systems. It is shown that at lower temperatures the second relaxation mechanism begins to dominate. Expressions are obtained for the temperature and frequency of crossover between different nuclear relaxation regimes. The possibility of experimental confirmation of our results is discussed.
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Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 115, 2254–2262 (June 1999)
Russian Scientific Center “Kurchatov Institute”
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Kagan, Y., Maksimov, L.A. & Polishchuk, I.Y. Toward a theory of nuclear relaxation in dielectric glasses at ultralow temperatures. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 88, 1236–1240 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558916
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