Theoretical Study of Relaxation Mechanism in Magnetic Field Effects on Chemical Reactions

Abstract

Abstract External magnetic field and magnetic isotope effects on the dynamic behavior of radical pairs in solutions have been studied theoretically, where the relaxation of their electron spins was taken into account. The decay observed with some radical pairs in micellar solutions under high magnetic fields is successfully interpreted in terms of the relaxation mechanism, and the magnetic field dependence of the relaxation rates is calculated for a model system.