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Charles Pence Slichter Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
Charles Pence Slichter used nuclear magnetic resonance to test the microscopic physics of superconductivity. With L. C. Hebel, he measured nuclear spin-lattice relaxation in aluminium between 0.94 and 4.2 kelvin, using changes of magnetic field to separate relaxation in the superconducting state from detection in the normal state. The observed relaxation disagreed with a simple two-fluid account but could be understood through the electronic correlations of BCS theory. Nuclear spins thus acted as local probes of the superconducting electrons.[ref]
Nuclear Spin Relaxation in Normal and Superconducting Aluminum by L. C. Hebel and Charles Pence Slichter. Physical Review 113, 1504 (1959), abstract: field cycling and comparison with superconducting theories
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Portrait of Charles Pence Slichter
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L. C. Hebel Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An experimental physicist who collaborated with Charles Pence Slichter on nuclear magnetic resonance measurements of aluminium undergoing superconductivity. Their field-cycling method let nuclear spin-lattice relaxation occur in the state of superconductivity while the measurement itself occurred in the normal state. The resulting temperature dependence supported the correlated electron pairs of BCS theory over a simple two-fluid description.[ref]