Muonium in diamond

Journal Article · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1982 · Phys. Rev. A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.25.1272· OSTI ID:5576234

Holzschuh, E; Kuendig, W; Meier, P F; Patterson, B D; Sellschop, J P.F.; Stemmet, M C; Appel, H

Two muonium states have been found in diamond. ''Normal'' muonium shows an isotropic hyperfine interaction with a coupling constant A/h = 3711 +- 21 MHz. ''Anomalous'' muonium is described by a <111> axially symmetric spin Hamiltonian with coupling constants extrapolated to 0 K Vertical BarA/sub parallel/Vertical Bar/h = 167.98 +- 0.06 MHz and Vertical BarA/sub perpendicular/Vertical Bar/h = 392.59 +- 0.06 MHz. A/sub parallel/ and A/sub perpendicular/ are of opposite sign, and they exhibit a temperature dependence describable by a Debye model. The amplitudes of the three anomalous muonium hyperfine transitions in zero applied field increase with increasing temperature and show relative variations which give information about muonium formation and indicate that anomalous muonium is the most stable state for muons in diamond. These diamond results are compared with those from the isostructural materials of silicon and germanium.

• Research Organization: Physik-Institut, Universitaet Zuerich, 8001 Zuerich, Switzerland
• OSTI ID: 5576234
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. A; (United States) Vol. 25:3; ISSN PLRAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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