A suitable NMR experiment in a one-dimensional dipolar coupled spin system allows one to reduce the natural many-body dynamics into effective one-body dynamics. We verify this in a polycrystalline sample of hydroxyapatite (HAp) by monitoring the excitation of NMR many-body superposition states: the multiple-quantum coherences. The observed effective one-dimensionality of HAp relies on the quasi-one-dimensional structure of the dipolar coupled network that, as we show here, is dynamically enhanced by the quantum Zeno effect. Decoherence is also probed through a Loschmidt echo experiment, where the time reversal is implemented on the double-quantum Hamiltonian, HDQ Ii+ Ij+ + Ii- Ij-. We contrast the decoherence of adamantane, a standard three-dimensional system, with that of HAp. While the first shows an abrupt Fermi-type decay, HAp presents a smooth exponential law. © 2009 The American Physical Society.
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Rufeil-Fiori, E., Sánchez, C. M., Oliva, F. Y., Pastawski, H. M., & Levstein, P. R. (2009). Effective one-body dynamics in multiple-quantum NMR experiments. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 79(3). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.032324
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