Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy (LMU)

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The PSI Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy uses the fundamental particles from the Swiss Muon Source SµS to investigate matter and materials. 

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Next Deadline: Call II/2025 June 02, 2025.

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).

Hossain et al

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 ...

Klemm et al

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 ...

Forslund et al

Anomalous Hall Effect due to Magnetic Fluctuations in a Ferromagnetic Weyl Semimetal

The anomalous Hall effect (AHE) has emerged as a key indicator of time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) and topological features in electronic band structures. Absent of a magnetic field, the AHE requires spontaneous TRSB but has proven hard to probe due to averaging over domains. The anomalous component of the Hall effect is thus frequently derived from extrapolating the magnetic field dependence of the Hall response. We show ....

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Laboratory for Muon-Spin Spectroscopy
Paul Scherrer Institut
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland