Longitudinal muon spin relaxation in metals and semimetals and the Korringa law

The longitudinal muon spin relaxation in metals and semimetals is suggestive of a form of Korringa relaxation in which the hyperfine interaction between the muons and the conduction electrons plays a dominant rôle. We give an alternative derivation of the Korringa law and show how muons may thus be...

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Main Authors: Blundell, S, Cox, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001
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description The longitudinal muon spin relaxation in metals and semimetals is suggestive of a form of Korringa relaxation in which the hyperfine interaction between the muons and the conduction electrons plays a dominant rôle. We give an alternative derivation of the Korringa law and show how muons may thus be used to study interactions with conduction electrons at interstitial sites. The alternative derivation links the topic to the use of implanted muons both as probes of magnetic and correlated-electron systems and as proton analogues, modelling the behaviour of hydrogen impurity in metals and semimetals.
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Longitudinal muon spin relaxation in metals and semimetals and the Korringa law
title Longitudinal muon spin relaxation in metals and semimetals and the Korringa law
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title_fullStr Longitudinal muon spin relaxation in metals and semimetals and the Korringa law
title_full_unstemmed Longitudinal muon spin relaxation in metals and semimetals and the Korringa law
title_short Longitudinal muon spin relaxation in metals and semimetals and the Korringa law
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