Abstract

Spin-Lattice Relaxation (SLR) of paramagnetic ions in diamagnetic crystals has been extensively studied by many authors and in the past 50 years a considerable literature has been published (for a review see for instance the books of Gorter [1], Manenkov and Orbach [2], and Abragam and Bleaney [3]). The classic papers of Waller [4], Heitler and Teller [5], van Vleck [6], Kronig [7] and others have shown that the dominant spin-lattice interaction in such systems is through the thermal modulation of the crystalline electric field. This affects the electron spin via the spin-orbit coupling and induces transitions between the electron spin levels.

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