Dynamic nuclear polarization of high-density atomic hydrogen in solid mixtures of molecular hydrogen isotopes

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Dynamic nuclear polarization of high-density atomic hydrogen in solid mixtures of molecular hydrogen isotopes


Sheludiakov, S., et al., Dynamic nuclear polarization of high-density atomic hydrogen in solid mixtures of molecular hydrogen isotopes. Phys Rev Lett, 2014. 113(26): p. 265303.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25615349


We report on magnetic resonance studies of high-density atomic hydrogen and deuterium in solid hydrogen matrices at temperatures below 1 K. Average concentrations of H atoms approximately 3x10^{19} cm^{-3} are obtained in chemical tunneling reactions of isotope exchange with D atoms. The products of these reactions are closely located pairs of H atoms near D_{2} molecules with strong exchange interactions. We discovered a dynamic nuclear polarization effect on H atoms created by pumping the center of the H electron spin resonance spectrum, similar to the Overhauser effect in metals. Our results indicate that H atoms may be arranged inside molecular matrices at separations equivalent to local concentrations of 2.6x10^{21} cm^{-3}. This opens up a way to build a metallic state of atomic hydrogen at zero pressure.


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