Transformation of spin coordinates and the solution of the spin Hamiltonian for an orthorhombic paramagnetic center in a rigid lattice

Abstract

The analysis of many spin problems is greatly simplified by the use of coordinate transformations prior to quantization of the spin operators. To illustrate the use of these transformations, the eigenvalues and eigenvectors are obtained for the spin Hamiltonian describing an electron spin [Formula: see text] interacting with a single nuclear spin I in an orthorhombic magnetic environment.