Analysis of the behavior of the polarization of the. mu. /sup +/ meson of muonium atoms in diamond-structure crystals

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1978 · Sov. Phys. - JETP (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6473377

Belousov, Y M; Gorelkin, V N; Smilga, V P

A complete analysis is carried out of the time dependence of the muon polarization in the Mu atom in a crystal lattice with diamond structure. It is shown that for muonium in an octapore the influence of the crystal field leads to a tensor form of the hyperfine-interaction spin Hamiltonian and to a qualitative change in the picture of the muon polarization precession. For muonium in a tetrapore, the Hamiltonian remains isotropic. The developed theory permits a detailed investigation of the structure of the crystal field as well as the determination of the position of the Mu atoms in lattices with diamond structure and in zinc blende. The results explain data on the ''anomalous'' and ''normal'' Mu in single-crystal silicon.

• Research Organization: Moscow Physicotechnical Institute
• OSTI ID: 6473377
• Journal Information: Sov. Phys. - JETP (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Phys. - JETP (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 47:2; ISSN SPHJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640303* -- Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Positronium
Muonium
& Muonic & Mesic Atoms & Molecules
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
CARBON
DIAMONDS
ELEMENTS
HAMILTONIANS
HYPERFINE STRUCTURE
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
MINERALS
MUONIUM
NONMETALS
POLARIZATION
QUANTUM OPERATORS
SEMIMETALS
SILICON
SPHALERITE
TIME DEPENDENCE