sprabimagneticresonance.ppt (Slides 9-16)

• Remind the students that this is more advanced than what they have been covering for several reasons.

1. The magnetic field has both a z-component and a component rotating in the relative xy-plane.
2. The Hamiltonian has a time dependence.
3. The calculation requires the viewer to solve the Schrodinger equation in a rotating frame to remove the time dependence of the Hamiltonian.

• Reassure them that this topic involves more complex calculations than they have seen before, but it's nothing they cannot do. A good strategy is to consistently look for bra-ket notation that we have seen throughout the course; it's easier to keep track using this representation than the matrix notation (although the matrix representation is necessary for the calculations).

Providing the slides in a handout form is often beneficial for students so they can discuss and review the calculations at a later time and at their own pace.