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.
Call for Proposals
Next Deadline: December 01, 2026.
Latest Scientific Highlights and News
Structural characterisation of emerging functional materials: when you need muons and neutrons from across Europe to build a full picture
Researchers from Durham University and colleagues from Rutgers (The State University of New Jersey) and the University of Edinburgh have collaborated with teams from ISIS, the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and the PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences to carry out a full characterisation of the double perovskite Pb2MgReO6.
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.
Quantenmaterial unter Druck
Hoher Druck verstärkt die Supraleitung in einem Quantenmaterial und verändert seine Eigenschaften. Forschende des PSI haben den mikroskopischen Mechanismus hinter diesem Effekt aufgedeckt.
