ISSN:
1572-9540
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The Kubo-Toyabe semiclassical formula, describing the time development of the polarization of a particle in zero external field at a lattice site with cubic local environment, is generalized for uniaxial site symmetry. The relaxation function and, in particular, its first moments and long time asymptotics obtained in a closed form depend on the angleθ between polarization and the crystalc-axis and are shown to vary sensitively with the asymmetryε of the field distribution at the particular muon site. Besides the exact “uniaxial” variant of the Kubo-Toyabe relaxation function, an approximate simple interpolation formula is also derived, which is correct for both short times and in its long time asymptotics. The two parameters (ε, Δ1) in the “uniaxial” formulae can be determined by using the observed values of the second momentM 2 for two different crystal orientations.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02066280
Permalink