Abstract
We calculate the dipolar interaction contribution to the nuclear spin relaxation time T1 in an anisotropic superconductor. It is argued that such a contribution plays a major role in some heavy fermion superconductors and gives rise to a strongly anisotropic relaxation rate due to the coupling between the order parameter and the applied magnetic field.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 261-264 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics |
| Volume | 139 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 7 Aug 1989 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would like to thank Professor A.J. Leggett for helpful discussions and Professor O.T. Vails for reading the manuscript. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF-DMR83-15 5 50 and the Theoretical Physics Institute of the Umversity of Minnesota.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy