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The effect of the moment of a magnetic impurity on the order parameter of an unconventional superconductor is examined. The coupling of the magnetic moment to the order parameter induces a locally time-reversal symmetry-breaking state which generates a magnetic field distribution in the vicinity of the impurity. The magnetic field can cause precession of the magnetic moment. The case of a spin polarized muon injected into the superconductor is discussed.
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Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 112, 304–312 (July 1997)
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Barash, Y.S., Grishin, A.G. & Sigrist, M. Influence of an isolated magnetic impurity on an unconventional superconducting state. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 85, 168–172 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558301
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