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Amato, Morenzoni: Introduction to Muon Spin Spectroscopy

Introduction to Muon Spin Spectroscopy

Alex Amato and Elvezio Morenzoni (both NUM) have published a new textbook entitled 'Introduction to Muon Spin Spectroscopy: Applications to Solid State and Material Sciences'. The book is ideal for a first course in muon spin spectroscopy (µSR), comes enriched with exercises and solutions to master the subject and includes practical examples to quantify key experimental parameters.

 

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Margie Olbinado und David Mannes vor dem Eingang zur Synchrotron Lichtquelle Schweiz SLS, in der die Untersuchungen mit Synchrotronlicht durchgeführt wurden. In unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft dazu liegt auf dem Gelände des PSI die Schweizer Spallations-Neutronenquelle SINQ, die Neutronen für weitere Analysen liefert.

Cause of clogged hypodermic needles discovered

Media Releases Health Innovation Research Using Synchrotron Light Research Using Neutrons

Researchers at PSI and the ANAXAM technology transfer center have found the cause of clogging in prefilled syringes.

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Hu et al

Phonon promoted charge density wave in topological kagome metal ScV6Sn6

Charge density wave (CDW) orders in vanadium-based kagome metals have recently received tremendous attention, yet their origin remains a topic of debate. The discovery of ScV6Sn6, a bilayer kagome metal featuring an intriguing √3 × √3 × √3 CDW order, offers a novel platform to explore the underlying mechanism behind the unconventional CDW. Here we combine ...

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Khasanov et al

Tuning of the flat band and its impact on superconductivity in Mo5Si3−xPx

The superconductivity in systems containing dispersionless (flat) bands is seemingly paradoxical, as traditional Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory requires an infinite enhancement of the carrier masses. However, the combination of flat and steep (dispersive) bands within the multiple band scenario might boost superconducting responses, potentially explaining high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates and metal hydrides. Here, we report ...

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Yi et al

Interface-induced superconductivity in magnetic topological insulators

One of the recipes for realizing topological superconductivity calls for interfacing a topological insulator with a superconductor. In a variant of that approach, Yi et al. grew a heterostructure consisting of layers of a magnetic topological insulator, (Bi,Sb)2Te3 doped with chromium, and antiferromagnetic iron telluride. Neither of these materials is superconducting, but iron telluride is a parent compound for a family of iron-based superconductors. Interfacing the layers led to the appearance of superconductivity in the presence of ferromagnetism and topological band structure. This combination of properties makes the heterostructure a promising, although not yet proven, platform for observing chiral topological superconductivity.

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Bonfa et al

Magnetostriction-Driven Muon Localization in an Antiferromagnetic Oxide

Magnetostriction results from the coupling between magnetic and elastic degrees of freedom. Though it is associated with a relatively small energy, we show that it plays an important role in determining the site of an implanted muon, so that the energetically favorable site can switch on crossing a magnetic phase transition. This surprising effect is demonstrated in the cubic rocksalt antiferromagnet MnO which undergoes a magnetostriction-driven rhombohedral distortion at the Néel temperature TN = 118 K. Above TN ...

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