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We report muon spin rotation ($\mu$SR) measurements of single crystal Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ and Sr(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$. From measurements of the magnetic field penetration depth $\lambda$ we find that for optimally- and…

We report muon spin rotation ($\mu$SR) and magnetization measurements on superconducting Sr$_{2}$VO$_{3}$FeAs under pressure. At ambient pressure, Sr$_{2}$VO$_{3}$FeAs undergoes an antiferromagnetic transition of the V moments at $T_{N}$…

Muon-spin rotation has been used to probe vortex state in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$. At moderate fields and temperatures a lattice of triangular symmetry is observed, crossing over to a lattice of square symmetry with increasing field and temperature.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-03-10 S. J. Ray , A. S. Gibbs , S. J. Bending , P. J. Curran , E. Babaev , C. Baines , A. P. Mackenzie , S. L. Lee

The magnetic and quadrupolar ordered states of polycrystalline YbRu2Ge2 have been investigated using zero-field muon spin relaxation ({\mu}SR) and neutron diffraction measurements. Specific heat measurements show three successive phase…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-30 H. S. Jeevan , D. T. Adroja , A. D. Hillier , Z. Hossain , C. Ritter , C. Geibel

We have investigated the non-centrosymmetric tetragonal heavy-fermion compound CeAuAl3 using muon spin rotation (muSR), neutron diffraction (ND) and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) measurements. We have also revisited the magnetic,…

Recent advances on ferromagnetic superconductors, UGe2, URhGe and UCoGe are presented. The superconductivity (SC) peacefully coexists with the ferromagnetism (FM), forming the spin-triplet state of Cooper pairs. The striking new phenomena,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-01-04 Dai Aoki , Jacques Flouquet

We demonstrate the sensitivity of transverse-field muon spin rotation (TF-muSR) to static charge-density-wave (CDW) order in the bulk of 2H-NbSe2. In the presence of CDW order the quadrupolar interaction of the 93Nb nuclei with the local…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-06 C. Gomez , D. Braam , S. Tezok , J. E. Sonier

Topological superconductivity is an exotic phenomenon due to the symmetry-protected topological surface state, in which a quantum system has an energy gap in the bulk but supports gapless excitations confined to its boundary. Symmetries…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-09 Z. H. Zhu , C. Tan , J. Zhang , P. K. Biswas , A. D. Hillier , M. X. Wang , Y. X. Yang , C. S. Chen , Z. F. Ding , S. Y. Li , L. Shu

We present a muon spin relaxation study on the Ising pyrochlore Nd$_2$Zr$_2$O$_7$ which develops an "all-in-all-out" magnetic order below 0.4~K. At 20~mK far below the ordering transition temperature, the zero-field muon spin relaxation…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-09-07 J. Xu , C. Balz , C. Baines , H. Luetkens , B. Lake

We report muon spin rotation measurements of the local magnetic susceptibility around a positive muon in the paramagnetic state of the quasi one-dimensional spin 1/2 antiferromagnet KCuF$_3$. Signals from two distinct sites are resolved…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Chakhalian , R. F. Kiefl , R. Miller , S. R. Dunsiger , G. Morris , S. Kreitzman , S. Kreitzman , J. Sonier , S. Eggert , I. Affleck , I. Yamada

Evidence for intra-unit-cell (IUC) magnetic order in the pseudogap region of high-$T_c$ cuprates below a temperature $T^\ast$ is found in several studies, but NMR and $\mu$SR experiments do not observe the expected static local magnetic…

The superconducting state of the caged type compound Lu$_5$Rh$_6$Sn$_{18}$ has been investigated by using magnetization, heat capacity, and muon-spin relaxation or rotation ($\mu$SR) measurements and the results interpreted on the basis of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-23 A. Bhattacharyya , D. T. Adroja , J. Quintanilla , A. D. Hillier , N. Kase , A. M. Strydom , J. Akimitsu

Muon spin relaxation measurements on Bi2Ir2O7 show that it undergoes a bulk magnetic transition at 1.84(3) K. This is accompanied by increases in the muon spin relaxation rate and the amplitude of the non-relaxing part of the signal. The…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-06-13 P. J. Baker , J. S. Moeller , F. L. Pratt , W. Hayes , S. J. Blundell , T. Lancaster , T. F. Qi , G. Cao

Muon-spin rotation experiments were performed on the pnictide high temperature superconductor SmFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_{x}$ with x=0.18 and 0.3. We observed an unusual enhancement of slow spin fluctuations in the vicinity of the superconducting…

We report results of muon spin relaxation and rotation ($\mu$SR) experiments on the spin-liquid candidate~YbMgGaO$_{4}$. No static magnetism $\gtrsim 0.003\mu_B$ per Yb ion, ordered or disordered, is observed down to 22~mK, a factor of two…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-07-22 Zhaofeng Ding , Zihao Zhu , Jian Zhang , Cheng Tan , Yanxing Yang , Douglas E. MacLaughlin , Lei Shu

We have carried out neutron diffraction, muon spin relaxation (muSR) and inelastic neutron scattering investigations on a polycrystalline sample of CeOs2Al10 to investigate the nature of the phase transition observed near 29 K in the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-08-23 D. T. Adroja , A. D. Hillier , P. P. Deen , A. M. Strydom , Y. Muro , J. Kajino , W. A. Kockelmann , T. Takabatake , V. K. Anand , J. R. Stewart , J. Taylor

We present the muon spin relaxation/rotation spectra in the multiferroic compound (Cu,Zn)$_{3}$Mo$_{2}$O$_{9}$. The parent material Cu$_{3}$Mo$_{2}$O$_{9}$ has a multiferroic phase below $T_{\rm N}$ = 8.0 K, where the canted…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-03-26 H. Kuroe , K. Aoki , T. Sato , R. Kino , H. Kuwahara , T. Sekine , M. Hase , I. Kawasaki , T. Kawamata , T. Suzuki , I. Watanabe , K. Oka , T. Ito , H. Eisaki

We present our results of a local probe study on EuFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$)$_{2}$ single crystals with $x$=0.13, 0.19 and 0.28 by means of muon spin rotation and ${}^{57}$Fe M\"ossbauer spectroscopy. We focus our discussion on the sample…

In the correlated metal URhGe ferromagnetic order (T_C = 9.5 K) and superconductivity (T_s= 0.25 K) coexist at ambient pressure. Here we report on alloying URhGe by Ru, which enables one to tune the Curie temperature to 0 K. URuGe has a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Sakarya , N. H. van Dijk , N. T. Huy , A. de Visser

We report on the superconducting properties of A_{x}Fe_{2-y}Se_{2} (A = Rb, K) single crystals studied with the muon spin relaxation or rotation (\muSR) technique. At low temperatures, close to 90% of the sample volumes exhibit large-moment…