The PSI Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy uses the fundamental particles from the Swiss Muon Source SµS to investigate matter and materials.
Call for Proposals
Next Deadline: Call II/2025 June 02, 2025.
- The 2nd call (II/2025) for the year 2025 is open.
- Note: Allocation period for call I/2025: June 2025 - September 2025.
- Note: Allocation period for call II/2025: October 2025 - December 2025.
- Experiment schedules
The technique "µSR" - Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation or Resonance
A research tool using muons as sensitive local magnetic probes in matter.
Worldwide unique instruments:
The Low-Energy Muon (LEM) beam and µSR Spectrometer for the study of thin films, layers and surfaces;
the high-field instrument (HAL-9500) equipped with specially designed detectors to perform studies in fields up to 9.5 Tesla and at very low temperatures;
and the combination of very-high pressures (up to 2.8 GPa) combined with sub-Kelvin temperatures (GPD).
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Superconductivity and a van Hove singularity con ned to the surface of a topological semimetal
The interplay between topology and superconductivity generated great interest in condensed matter physics. Here, we unveil an unconventional two-dimensional superconducting state in the Dirac nodal line semimetal ZrAs2 which is exclusively con ned to the top and bottom surfaces within the crystal’s ab plane.
As a remarkable consequence ...
Momentum-resolved fingerprint of Mottness in layer-dimerized Nb3Br8
Crystalline solids can become band insulators due to fully lled bands, or Mott insulators due to strong electronic correlations. While Mott insulators can theoretically occur in systems with an even number of electrons per unit cell, distinguishing them from band insulators experimentally has remained a longstanding challenge.
In this work, we present ...
Vacancy-induced suppression of charge density wave order and its impact on magnetic order in kagome antiferromagnet FeGe
Two-dimensional (2D) kagome lattice metals are interesting because their corner sharing triangle structure enables a wide array of electronic and magnetic phenomena. Recently, post-growth annealing is shown to both suppress charge density wave (CDW) order and establish long-range CDW with the ability to cycle between states repeatedly in the kagome antiferromagnet FeGe.
Here we perform ...