µSR - Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation or Resonance: A research tool using muons as sensitive local magnetic probes in matter.
Research at the LMU focuses mainly on magnetic properties of materials and on positive muons or muonium (bound state of a positive muon and an electron) as light protons or hydrogen substitutes in matter.
Worldwide unique: The Low-Energy Muon Beam and µSR Spectrometer for the study of thin films, layers and surfaces, the possibility to perform high-field µSR with a field up to 9.5 Tesla, and the Extraction of Muons On Request for high frequency resolution and slow relaxation measurements.
Call for Proposals
Next Deadline: December 01, 2026.
Latest Scientific Highlights and News
Competing Ordering Modes in the Distorted Quantum Kagome Material Clinoatacamite Cu2Cl(OH)3
We have studied the magnetic properties of clinoatacamite Cu2Cl(OH)3, the parent compound of the quantum spin liquid candidate herbertsmithite and a long-standing puzzle among frustrated quantum magnets ...
PSI Muon Beam Reveals the Secrets of Ancient Artefacts
Radio SRF featured the archaeological research at SμS in a recent contribution within its programme "Echo der Zeit".
Unconventional Superconductivity in ScIr2 Chiral Crystal With a Kagome Lattice
Materials with a kagome lattice host exotic quantum phenomena driven by the interplay between band topology, spin–orbit coupling, magnetism, and electronic correlations. While the magnetism of kagome materials ...
