Laboratory for Materials Simulations (LMS)

LMS banner by Leonid Kahle and Nicola Marzari
©Leonid Kahle and Nicola Marzari

The Laboratory for Materials Simulations develops the theory, algorithms, software and data required for the study of advanced materials at PSI.

Muon sites in MnO

"Magnetostriction-Driven Muon Localization in an Antiferromagnetic Oxide" published in Phys. Rev. Lett.

A study involving PSI scientists from the LMS lab, and just published in Physical Review Letters has found that in manganese oxide, a textbook antiferromagnetic material,  the site of an implanted spin-polarized muon is not well identified, but can change due to a previously neglected effect: magnetostriction.