Dynamic effects of pair correlation functions on spin relaxation by translational diffusion in liquids. II. Finite jumps and independent T 1 processes

Abstract

Hwang and Freed have previously given solutions for the relative diffusion of molecules that include the proper boundary condition (i.e., an excluded volume due to a distance of minimum approach) which has usually been neglected in spin relaxation theories. In this work their results are extended to include effects of (1) one type of spin that is rapidly relaxing, (2) diffusion by jumps of finite size, and (3) frequency-dependent diffusion coefficients in the theory of spin relaxation by intermolecular dipolar interactions. These results are mathematically simpler and sounder than those commonly employed. In particular, it is shown that for case (2) measurements of J (O), the zero-frequency spectral density cannot solely be used to determine the jump size, in constrast to the Torrey theory, which did not consider the boundary-value problem.