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A rotational diffusion theory of nuclear magnetic relaxation by spin—rotational interaction is described and is applied to the case when the molecule containing the relaxation nucleus has no special symmetry. The theory is based on Langevin—type equations and the use of a stochastic rotation operator. Explicit expressions for relaxation and correlation times are obtained for various molecular shapes.
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Mc Connell, J. (1989). Rotational Diffusion Theory of Nuclear Magnetic Spin-Rotational Relaxation. In: Dorfmüller, T. (eds) Reactive and Flexible Molecules in Liquids. NATO ASI Series, vol 291. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1043-0_6
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