Explorations of Magnetic Properties of Noble Gases: The Past, Present, and Future

n recent years, we have seen spectacular growth in the experimental and theoreticalinvestigations of magnetic properties of small subatomic particles: electrons, positrons, muons,and neutrinos. However, conventional methods for establishing these properties for atomic nucleiare also in progress, due to new, more sophisticated theoretical achievements and experimentalresults performed using modern spectroscopic devices. In this review, a brief outline of the historyof experiments with nuclear magnetic moments in magnetic fields of noble gases is provided.In particular, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and atomic beam magnetic resonance (ABMR)measurements are included in this text. Various aspects of NMR methodology performed in the gasphase are discussed in detail. The basic achievements of this research are reviewed, and the mainfeatures of the methods for the noble gas isotopes:3He,21Ne,83Kr,129Xe, and131Xe are clarified.A comprehensive description of short lived isotopes of argon (Ar) and radon (Rn) measurementsis included. Remarks on the theoretical calculations and future experimental intentions of nuclearmagnetic moments of noble gases are also provided