Design and commissioning of a high magnetic field muon spin relaxation spectrometer at the ISIS pulsed neutron and muon source

Lord, J.S.; McKenzie, I.; Baker, P.J.; Blundell, S.J.; Cottrell, S.P.; Giblin, S.R.; Good, J.; Hillier, A.D.; Holsman, B.H.; King, P.J.C.; Lancaster, T.; Mitchell, R.; Nightingale, J.B.; Owczarkowski, M.; Poli, S.; Pratt, F.L.; Rhodes, N.J.; Scheuermann, R.; Salman, Z.

doi:10.1063/1.3608114

Design and commissioning of a high magnetic field muon spin relaxation spectrometer at the ISIS pulsed neutron and muon source

Lord, J.S.; McKenzie, I.; Baker, P.J.; Blundell, S.J.; Cottrell, S.P.; Giblin, S.R.; Good, J.; Hillier, A.D.; Holsman, B.H.; King, P.J.C.; Lancaster, T.; Mitchell, R.; Nightingale, J.B.; Owczarkowski, M.; Poli, S.; Pratt, F.L.; Rhodes, N.J.; Scheuermann, R.; Salman, Z.

Authors

J.S. Lord

I. McKenzie

P.J. Baker

S.J. Blundell

S.P. Cottrell

S.R. Giblin

J. Good

A.D. Hillier

B.H. Holsman

P.J.C. King

Professor Tom Lancaster tom.lancaster@durham.ac.uk
Professor

R. Mitchell

J.B. Nightingale

M. Owczarkowski

S. Poli

F.L. Pratt

N.J. Rhodes

R. Scheuermann

Z. Salman

Abstract

The high magnetic field (HiFi) muon instrument at the ISIS pulsed neutron and muon source is a state-of-the-art spectrometer designed to provide applied magnetic fields up to 5 T for muon studies of condensed matter and molecular systems. The spectrometer is optimised for time-differential muon spin relaxation studies at a pulsed muon source. We describe the challenges involved in its design and construction, detailing, in particular, the magnet and detector performance. Commissioning experiments have been conducted and the results are presented to demonstrate the scientific capabilities of the new instrument.

Citation

Lord, J., McKenzie, I., Baker, P., Blundell, S., Cottrell, S., Giblin, S., …Salman, Z. (2011). Design and commissioning of a high magnetic field muon spin relaxation spectrometer at the ISIS pulsed neutron and muon source. Review of Scientific Instruments, 82(7), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3608114

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jun 15, 2011
Publication Date	Jul 1, 2011
Deposit Date	Jan 6, 2012
Publicly Available Date	Aug 18, 2015
Journal	Review of Scientific Instruments
Print ISSN	0034-6748
Electronic ISSN	1089-7623
Publisher	American Institute of Physics
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	82
Issue	7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3608114

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