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Hydrogen impurity in MgO as seen by the muonium analogue

P-MON-8
29 Aug 2022, 17:20
1h 40m
Science and Technology Campus, University of Parma

Science and Technology Campus, University of Parma

University of Parma, Italy
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Speaker

Ali Roonkiani (CFisUC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra)

Description

We present a joint muSR and ab-initio study of the hydrogen impurity in magnesium oxide (MgO). Muon spin rotation measurements at magnetic high-fields reveal the presence of a diamagnetic configuration and of a muonium state, confirming an hyperfine interaction of 3.9(1) GHz at T=6K 1. The temperature dependence of these states is followed up to room temperature, revealing a conversion of the muonium to the diamagnetic state. Ab-initio density-functional theory (DFT) calculations further characterize the local atomistic (or microscopic) structure of these two configurations, the atomic muonium state corresponding to an interstitial location in the magnesium oxide lattice and the diamagnetic configuration corresponding to an oxygen-bound location.

1 R. F. Kiefl et al., Phys. Rev. B 34 (1986) 1474

FFT of MuSR spectrum of MgO at T=6K and B=2T.

Primary author

Ali Roonkiani (CFisUC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra)

Co-authors

Rui Vilao (CFisUC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra) Dr Ricardo Vieira (CICECO − Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal) Helena Vieira Alberto (University of Coimbra, Portugal) Dr Joao Gil (CFisUC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra) Dr Robert Scheuermann (Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland) Dr Apostolos Marinopoulos (CFisUC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, R. Larga, P-3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal)

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