The effect of traps on the muon spin relaxation function

Summary In summary it is clear that SR in the presence of traps has led to a significant generalization of prior NMR theories of spin relaxation to include the effects of a non-stationary distribution of diffusing particles. In both the high field transverse geometry and in zero field it is possible to extract significant information regarding the concentrations and binding energies of traps, and, in the latter case, to unambiguously measure the temperature dependence of the relaxation rate to traps.At the same time it is also clear that significant problems still remain to be solved. Many of these are concerned with our present inadequate knowledge regarding the diffusion of muons in even pure materials, let alone the disordered systems upon which we have concentrated here. However, given the growth in our understanding of trapping phenomena over the past several years, it is probably not too much to hope that in another few years many of these present questions will also be answered.