  We numerically solve the Liouville equation for the Tavis Cummings model of
multiple spins coupled to a lossless single mode cavity, starting from an
initial condition with small numbers of fully polarized spins tipped by a
specified angle, and the cavity in its ground Fock state. Time evolution of the
magnetizations and cavity states, following small to medium nutation by a
classical field, yields a microscopic quantum mechanical picture of radiation
damping in magnetic resonance, and the formation of the free induction signal,
that is, the transfer of Zeeman energy, via spin coherence, to cavity
coherence. Although the motion of the Bloch vector is nonclassical, our quantum
description is related to the macroscopic picture of NMR reception, by showing
the close relationship between the usual radiation damping constant, and the
quantum mechanical Rabi nutation frequency (as enhanced by cavity coupling and
stimulated emission.) That is, each is the product, of a nutation rate per
oscillator current, and a current. Although the current in the damping constant
is explicitly limited by cavity losses, which do not enter the formula for the
Rabi frequency, we nonetheless show (in an appendix) how these losses can be
introduced into our problem by means of a master equation. Numerical solution
of the classical Bloch-Kirchhoff equations reinforces the conclusion that the
strength of the free induction
