Published December 1984 | Version v1
Journal article Metadata-only

Muon spin relaxation

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos Meson Physicis Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico

Description

In an ingenious application of parity violation, physicists are measuring interstitial magnetic fields and diffusion in solids by analyzing the anisotropy in the decay of injected spin-polarized positive muons

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Today
Journal Volume
37
Journal Issue
12
Series
Phys. Today.
Journal Page Range
38-46
ISSN
0031-9228

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
16054947
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; METALS; MUON PROBES; MUONIUM; MUONS PLUS; P INVARIANCE; POLARIZED BEAMS; RELAXATION; SOLIDS; THERMALIZATION; USES
Descriptors DEC
ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BEAMS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LEPTONS; MATTER; MUONS; PROBES; SLOWING-DOWN