In-flight muon spin resonance and muonium interferometry

The muon and muonium play a unique role in materials science as a tiny magnetometer and an emulator of hydrogen in matter. However, there are few examples of their application as matter waves. This is because the surface muon and its simple slowing-down in a degrader cannot keep sufficient coherence...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2023-03, Vol.2462 (1), p.12029
Main Author: Kanda, Sohtaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Interference
Interferometers
Interferometry
Magnetic properties
Materials science
Matter waves
Muonium
Muons
Physics
Quantum interference effects
Quantum mechanics
Spin resonance
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The muon and muonium play a unique role in materials science as a tiny magnetometer and an emulator of hydrogen in matter. However, there are few examples of their application as matter waves. This is because the surface muon and its simple slowing-down in a degrader cannot keep sufficient coherence. Low-energy muons from laser ionization of muonium can be used to obtain slow muonium with small temporal and spatial spread. Like an ordinary atomic interferometer, a muonium interferometer has a variety of potential applications. For example, muonium spectroscopy using interference effects, studies of quantum interference effects such as a measurement of the Berry phase, and precise measurements of fundamental constants will be possible using muonium interferometry. In this contribution, we discuss the in-flight spectroscopy of muonium and the potential of muonium interferometry.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/2462/1/012029