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For a positive gyromagnetic ratio the magnetic moment is parallel to the spin angular momentum; for a negative ratio it is antiparallel. The Hamiltonian gives . Thus is lower for the proton, whereas is lower for nitrogen-15. Their spin precession senses are opposite for a common positive field convention; measurable absorption frequencies and energy separations remain positive.

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