ZERO-FIELD MU-SR IN CRYSTALLINE C-60

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作者
DUTY, TL
BREWER, JH
CHOW, K
KIEFL, RF
MACFARLANE, AW
MORRIS, GD
SCHNEIDER, JW
HITTI, B
LICHTI, R
BRARD, L
FISCHER, JE
SMITH, AB
STRONGIN, RM
机构
[1] RICE UNIV, DEPT PHYS, HOUSTON, TX 77251 USA
[2] UNIV PENN, RES STRUCT MATTER LAB, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
[3] TEXAS TECH UNIV, DEPT PHYS, LUBBOCK, TX 79409 USA
[4] UNIV PENN, DEPT MAT SCI, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
[5] UNIV PENN, DEPT CHEM, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
来源
HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS | 1994年 / 86卷 / 1-4期
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D O I
10.1007/BF02068978
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学]; O56 [分子物理学、原子物理学];
学科分类号
070203 ; 070304 ; 081704 ; 1406 ;
摘要
The C60Mu radical in polycrystalline C60 has been studied in zero magnetic field between 9 K and 200 K, and at room temperature. At low temperatures, we observe three low-frequency oscillations which correspond to the intra-triplet transitions of a completely anisotropic muon-electron hyperfine interaction. These signals exhibit a strongly temperature-dependent T1, attributed to thermally-activated jump rotational diffusion of the C60Mu, radical. A fit to an Arhenius law yields an activation energy of 200(20) mev for temperatures below the fcc-sc structural phase transition. At room temperature only the motionally-narrowed 325 Mhz singlet-triplet transition is observed.
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页码:789 / 795
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