Negative muons as a new local probe of novel magnetic oxides

世界领先的脉冲介子源ISIS利用脉冲正电荷介子的自旋极化光束来研究新材料的磁性。带负电荷的μ子在植入物质时具有非常不同的特性，该项目将探索一种使用这些粒子研究样品的新方法。由于负介子停在原子核附近，它们的位置很明确，而且来自轻原子（如氧）的信号寿命很长。这为探测复杂磁体内部高度对称位置的磁场提供了一条新途径。该项目属于EPSRC量子器件组件和系统主题。

The world leading pulsed muon source, ISIS, uses spin-polarized beams of pulsed positively charged muons to study magnetic properties of new materials. Negatively charged muons have very different properties when implanted in matter and this project will explore a new approach for studying samples using these particles. Since negative muons stop close to atomic nuclei, their sites are well defined and the signal from light atoms such as oxygen is very long-lived. This provides a new route to detecting magnetic fields in highly symmetrical sites inside complex magnets.This project falls under the EPSRC Quantum devices components and systems theme.