Introduction to Muon Spin Spectroscopy Applications to Solid State and Material Sciences
This textbook serves as a comprehensive introduction to muon spin spectroscopy (µSR), offering a detailed exploration of how polarized positive muons can be employed as local probes to investigate material properties at the microscopic level. It provides a self-contained tutorial that begins by expl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the Muon
- Implanting Muons in Matter
- µSR Technique
- Depolarization Functions
- Studying Magnetism with the µSR technique
- µSR in the Superconducting State
- Low Energy Muons: a Tool to Study Thin Films and Heterostructures
- Muonium
- Negative Muons
- Particle and Atomic Physics Aspects
- Annex
- Exercises and Solutions