Very low-temperature muon relaxation in an organic spin-Peierls compound

Authors
Lovett, BW Blundell, SJ Pratt, FL Jestadt, T Hayes, W Tagaki, S Kurmoo, M
Citation
Bw. Lovett et al., Very low-temperature muon relaxation in an organic spin-Peierls compound, PHYSICA B, 289, 2000, pp. 145-148
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICA B
ISSN journal
09214526 → ACNP
Volume
289
Year of publication
2000
Pages
145 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4526(200008)289:<145:VLMRIA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We have observed strong muon-spin relaxation (CBR) in the spin-Peierls comp ound MEM(TCNQ)(2) at temperatures down to 39 mK. We attribute this relaxati on to the creation of defect spins by the muon. Furthermore, we observe a s lowing down of spin fluctuations as the spin-Peierls energy gap opens, and we relate this effect to the size of the energy gap. (C) 2000 Elsevier Scie nce B.V. All rights reserved.