ISIS launches the call for the biennial training schools on how to use muons as a research tool!

As part of the SINE2020 Sample Environment activities, a team at the Paul Scherrer Institute published a review of high pressure µSR experiments.

Scientists have studied by muon spin resonance the helical ground state and fluctuating chiral phase recently observed in the MnGe chiral magnet.

Eight neutron and muon introductory schools will be financially supported by SINE2020.

Neutron scattering and Muon spectroscopy textbook, exercises, and simulations of experiments are now available online and for free at e-neutrons.org.

Registration for the next ISIS Muon Training School is now open – deadline 6th January 2016. The course will run 14th – 18th March 2016.

The deadline for applying for funding for Neutron or Muon Introductory Schools is January 24. The schools will be supported by the SINE2020 project.

Researchers obtained surprising results when using muons to investigate the relation between superconductivity and magnetization.

Researchers at PSI created a synthetic material out of 1 billion tiny magnets. Astonishingly, it now appears that its magnetic properties change with the temperature, so that it can take on different states.

Muons were essential to show how non-magnetic metals become magnetic. The results of the experiments at PSI were published in Nature.

Representatives of major European Innovation and Technology Campuses met on November 19-21, 2014 in Athens for the second IAB meeting & Networking of Industrial Liaison Offices organised by NMI3 and CALIPSO.

Learn about Spectroscopy with Neutrons, Muons and Photons on the Swiss alps.

Contrarily to what was previously thought, hydrogenation could be more effective at low temperatures.

LMU chemists have synthesized a ferromagnetic superconducting compound that is amenable to chemical modification, opening the route to detailed studies of this rare combination of physical properties.

A one-day meeting will be held on the 15th December 2014 at 28 Portland Place, London to discuss the complementarity of muon techniques with well-established magnetic resonance methods. Presentations will cover many aspects of condensed matter physics and chemistry, with a particular focus on highlighting the unique insight muon measurements bring to this area of science. Further details and on-line registration can be found on the meeting website.

The winner of the 2014 Yamazaki Prize for muon science is Professor Roberto De Renzi.

Roberto De Renzi is Professor of Physics at the University of Parma and is recognised for his sustained and exceptional contributions to the development of the µSR technique to investigate solid-state physics. Roberto began his µSR career at CERN and has been a long-time user of the muon facilities at ISIS and PSI, as well as performing many pioneering NMR experiments at his lab in Parma. His work has made effective bridges between NMR and muon techniques and he is particularly well known for his work in magnetism and superconductivity.

The 13th International Conference on Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation and Resonance (µSR2014) will be held in Grindelwald, Switzerland, from Monday, June 1st to Friday, June 6th, 2014. It is organized by the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), the University of Zurich and the University of Fribourg. The conference provides a forum to researchers from around the world with interests in the applications of µSR to study a wide range of topics including condensed matter physics, materials and molecular sciences, chemistry and biology. The Conference will consist of invited and contributed talks as well as poster sessions.

ISIS runs training schools for PhD students and Post-Doctoral researchers on how to use muons as a research tool. Participants are given a variety of lectures and workshops on the muon technique, as well as hands-on experience of muon experiments.

A symposium discussing current research with muons across various disciplines, held at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. The meeting was held in recognition of 25 years of muon science at ISIS and to mark the recent retirement of Steve Cox. Proceedings of the meeting will be available in Physica Scripta.