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Magnetic field dependence of impurity-induced muon depolarization in noble metals

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We have measured the magnetic field dependence of the muon depolarization rate up to 5 kOe in AuGd (350 ppm), AgGd (340 ppm) and AgEr (300 ppm). A simple model which includes both dipolar and nearest-neighbor contact interactions between the muon and the magnetic impurity does not fit the data. An axial crystal-field interaction, arising from the electric field gradient induced by the muon at the site of the impurity, is found to dominate the Hamiltonian, and may have a large effect on the field dependence.

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  1. A. Yaouanc

    Present address: Laboratoire d'Interactions Hyperfines, Grenoble, France

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  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545, Los Alamos, NM, USA

    M. E. Schillaci, R. H. Heffner, R. L. Hutson, M. Leon, D. W. Cooke & A. Yaouanc

  2. Rice University, 77001, Houston, TX, USA

    S. A. Dodds

  3. Sandia National Laboratories, 87185, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    P. M. Richards

  4. University of California, 92521, Riverside, CA, USA

    D. E. MacLaughlin

  5. Texas Tech University, 79409, Lubbock, TX, USA

    C. Boekema

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Supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.

Work performed at Sandia National Laboratories supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC04-76DP000789.

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Schillaci, M.E., Heffner, R.H., Hutson, R.L. et al. Magnetic field dependence of impurity-induced muon depolarization in noble metals. Hyperfine Interact 17, 351–354 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02065924

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