Giant muon knight shifts in antimony and antimony alloys |
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Authors: | J.H. Brewer D.R. Harshman E. Koster H. Schilling D.Ll. Williams M.G. Priestley |
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Affiliation: | TRIUMF and Department of Physics, University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6T 2A6;H.H. Wills Physical Laboratories, University of Bristol Bristol, England |
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Abstract: | The Knight shift Kμ at the positive muon has been measured as a function of magnetic field, temperature, crystal orientation and alloyed impurity (bismuth or tin) in antimony. The anomalously large and anisotropic Kμ in pure Sb at low temperature has been confirmed and shown to be independent of magnetic field up to 9 kG; its anisotropic part is found to have the same strong temperature dependence as its isotropic component. The addition of 6.3 at.% Bi significantly reduces both Kμ and its anisotropy, but enhances their temperature dependence. The addition of 12.5 at.% Bi, or, more dramatically, as little as 0.3 at.% Sn to antimony is sufficient to reduce Kμ to a small value, effectively eliminating the anomalous behaviour. |
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