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Muon Spin Depolarization in Metals with Dilute Magnetic Impurities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J. A. Brown ,
R. H. Heffner ,
R. L. Hutson ,
S. Kohn ,
M. Leon ,
C. E. Olsen ,
M. E. Schillaci ,
S. A. Dodds ,
T. L. Estle  and
D. A. Vanderwater
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J. A. Brown
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
R. H. Heffner
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
R. L. Hutson
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
S. Kohn
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
M. Leon
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
C. E. Olsen
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
M. E. Schillaci
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
S. A. Dodds
Affiliation:
Rice University, Houston, Texas 77001
T. L. Estle
Affiliation:
Rice University, Houston, Texas 77001
D. A. Vanderwater
Affiliation:
Rice University, Houston, Texas 77001
P. M. Richards
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
C. D. Mcmasters
Affiliation:
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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Abstract

Muon diffusion can be studied in metals without nuclear moments by the addition of paramagnetic impurities. We describe the theory and report measurements of muon depolarization in gold and silver doped with gadolinium and erbium. As well as diffusion rates, strength of the magnetic interaction and spin lattice relaxation rate of the paramagnetic ion are inferred from the data.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 3: Symposium – Nuclear and Electron Resonance Spectroscopies Applied to Materials Science , 1980 , 409
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1981

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