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Larmor precession is important in nuclear magnetic resonance, magnetic resonance imaging, electron paramagnetic resonance, muon spin resonance, and neutron spin echo. It is also important for the alignment of cosmic dust grains, which is a cause of the polarization of starlight .
These procedures rely on the fact that bulk magnetization due to nuclear spins precess in a magnetic field at a rate called the Larmor frequency, which is simply the product of the gyromagnetic ratio with the magnetic field strength. With this phenomenon, the sign of γ determines the sense (clockwise vs counterclockwise) of precession.
The geomagnetic field strength and hence precession frequency varies with location and time. Larmor precession frequency = magnetogyric ratio x magnetic field Proton magnetogyric ratio = 42.576 Hz/μT (also written 42.576 MHz/T or 0.042576 Hz/nT) Earth's magnetic field: 30 μT near Equator to 60 μT near Poles, around 50 μT at mid-latitudes.
The gyromagnetic ratio is also the ratio between the observed angular frequency of Larmor precession and the strength of the magnetic field in nuclear magnetic resonance applications, [39] such as in MRI imaging. For this reason, the quantity γ/2π called "gamma bar", expressed in the unit MHz/T, is often given.
These g-factors may be multiplied by 7.622 593 285 (47) MHz/T, [7] which is the nuclear magneton divided by the Planck constant, to yield Larmor frequencies (in MHz/T). If divided instead by the reduced Planck constant, which is 2π less, a gyromagnetic ratio expressed in radians is obtained, which is greater by a factor of 2π.
If a horizontal rotating field , angular frequency of rotation is applied in the region between poles of magnet 2, produced by oscillating current in circular coils then there is a probability for the atoms passing through there from one spin state to another (= + / > / and vice versa), when = , Larmor frequency of precession of magnetic moment ...
The power is absorbed by the precessing magnetization (Larmor precession) of the material and lost as heat. For this coupling to occur, the frequency of the incident wave must be equal to the precession frequency of the magnetization (Larmor frequency) and the polarization of the wave must match the orientation of the magnetization.
In the presence of the magnetic field, B 0, the protons will appear to precess at the Larmor frequency determined by the particle's gyro-magnetic ratio and the strength of the field. The static fields used most commonly in MRI cause precession which corresponds to a radiofrequency (RF) photon. [citation needed]