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The new generation of high-intensity accelerators, the so-called meson factories, make it possible to use the muons as unique microscopic probes in solid-state physics. The μSR-technique and some examples are discussed.
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The author wishes to thank his colleagues Drs. H. Graf, P.P. Meier, and B. D. Patterson of the μSR group of the University of Zürich for their collaboration on work presented here, and Prof. J. P. Blaser, director of the SIN, for his support and interest in the μSR program. Supported in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
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Kündig, W. Muon spin rotation, a new technique in solid-state physics. Naturwissenschaften 65, 42–47 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00420632
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00420632