Radiation-detected zero- to ultralow-field nuclear magnetic resonance

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus (100) for investigating an object (10) by using nuclear magnetic resonance, the apparatus (100) comprising: —a magnetically shielded chamber (20) for magnetically shielding the object (10) from external static magnetic fields when being investigated: —a spin-manipulation unit (30), which is arranged, at least in parts, in the magnetically shielded chamber (20) and configured to manipulate spins of radioactive nuclei that are present in the object (10); and —at least one particle detector (40) which is configured to detect nuclear radiation emitted from the radioactive nuclei that are present in the object (10).

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