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Thermal hopping ofμ+ between “FμF” centres in NaF

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Thermal hopping ofμ+ between “FμF” centres in NaF

Abstract

Strongly hydrogen-bonded diamagnetic “FμF” centres are formed by theμ+ in a wide variety of fluoride crystals. Hydrogen atoms are expected to form similar “FHF” complexes. Through the “motional narrowing” of the zero-field muon relaxation function in NaF, we have observed an Arrhenius temperature dependence of the dissociation rate of theFμF complex, yielding a binding energy of 1700 (200) K for theμ+ in theFμF centre.

Authors

Brewer JH; Harshman DR; Keitel R; Kreitzman SR; Luke GM; Noakes DR; Turner RE; Ansaldo EJ

Journal

Interactions, Vol. 32, No. 1-4, pp. 677–682

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

December 1, 1986

DOI

10.1007/bf02394972

ISSN

0304-3843

Associated Experts

Graeme Luke

Professor, Faculty of Science

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Fields of Research (FoR)

5106 Nuclear and plasma physics 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics 51 Physical Sciences 5104 Condensed matter physics

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