Abstract
The pseudo-hyperfine interactions due to the combined effects of spinorbit coupling and electron orbital-nuclear spin interaction may be important in a radical containing one or several heavy atoms. An expression is derived for these interactions using simple molecular orbital wave-functions. An estimate of the effect is made for the radical XeF trapped in a crystal of XeF4 and values of the magnetic hyperfine coupling constants for the Xe nucleus are obtained which differ significantly from those originally proposed by Morton and Falconer.

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