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Muon depolarization in liquid3He

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We report the first measurements of the positive-muon spin depolarization in liquid3He. The relaxation of the muon and muonium precession has been studied in transverse, longitudinal, and zero magnetic fields in the temperature range 0.5–2.5 K. The results are discussed in terms of two different depolarization mechanisms: ‘recombinational’ depolarization (i.e. slow muonium formation) and magnetic relaxation due to the3He nuclear magnetic moments.

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  1. RSC Kurchatov Institute, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    Evgenji Krasnoperov & Evgenji E. Meilikhov

  2. Institute for Nuclear Research, 117312, Moscow, Russia

    Dimitrji Eschenko

  3. Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    Dierk Herlach, Elvezio Morenzoni & Ulrich Zimmermann

  4. Institute for Intermediate Energy Physics, ETH Zürich, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    Fredy N. Gygax & Alexander Schenck

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Krasnoperov, E., Meilikhov, E.E., Eschenko, D. et al. Muon depolarization in liquid3He. Hyperfine Interact 87, 1017–1022 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02068499

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