µSR - Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation or Resonance: A research tool using muons as sensitive local magnetic probes in matter.
Research at the LMU focuses mainly on magnetic properties of materials and on positive muons or muonium (bound state of a positive muon and an electron) as light protons or hydrogen substitutes in matter.
Worldwide unique: The Low-Energy Muon Beam and µSR Spectrometer for the study of thin films, layers and surfaces, the possibility to perform high-field µSR with a field up to 9.5 Tesla, and the Extraction of Muons On Request for high frequency resolution and slow relaxation measurements.
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Next Deadline: December 01, 2026.
Latest Scientific Highlights and News
ISIS-PSI Muon Collaboration Meeting
On July 21, 11 members of the ISIS Muon Group and 12 of the PSI Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy met at PSI for a collaboration meeting.
Materiali quantistici sotto pressione
L'alta pressione intensifica la superconduttività in un materiale quantistico e ne modifica le proprietà. I ricercatori dell'Istituto Paul Scherrer PSI hanno chiarito il meccanismo microscopico che è alla base di questo effetto.
Thermodynamic Evidence for Pressure-Driven Evolution towards Weak-Coupling Superconductivity in Pb
The thermodynamic critical field Bc provides direct access to the superconducting condensation energy, yet its pressure dependence has been studied much less extensively than that of the transition temperature. Here, muon-spin-rotation relaxation measurements ...
