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   COLLOQUIUM OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS
                   School of Computational Sciences
                           (CSI 898-Sec 001)
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              Pushing low-field magnetic resonance to the limit 

                          Karen Sauer
    Physics Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030


Since its inception in 1946, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) has found
countless applications in medicine, biology, chemistry, and physics.  With its
increase in popularity as a research tool has come an increase in field
strength applied, from the 1946 field of 0.7 Tesla to the 11.7 Tesla (or
greater!) commonly used in laboratories today.  In stark contrast to the
pursuit of higher fields, is the study of those systems which yield a magnetic
resonance signal without the application of /any/ static magnetic field.  I
will discuss this zero-field magnetic resonance, the quest to control the
spin-dynamics of such systems, and the potential applications.

                             September 26, 4:30 pm
               Room 206, Science & Tech. I, Fairfax Campus

Refreshments will be served at 4:15 PM.
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