Ph.D. Thesis

The Interactions of Muonium with Silica Surfaces
Muon/Muonium Surface Interactions, D. R. Harshman, Invited Paper, in Proceedings of the µSR-86 Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, 23 – 27 June 1986, Hyperfine Interactions 32, 847 (1986).

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Preface and Indexes

Title Page, Abstract, Table of Contents

Chapter I

Introduction

Chapter II

Experimental Technique

Chapter III

Theory of Muonium Relaxation

Chapter IV

Experimental Results and Interpretations

Diffusion and Trapping of Muonium on Silica Surfaces, D. R. Harshman, R. Keitel, M. Senba, R. F. Kiefl, E. J. Ansaldo and J. H. Brewer, Physics. Letters 104A, 472 (1984).
Dynamical Behavior of Muonium on Silica Surfaces, D. R. Harshman, R. Keitel, M. Senba, E. J. Ansaldo and J. H. Brewer, Hyperfine Interactions 17-19, 557 (1984)

Chapter V

Conclusions and Future Directions

Appendix I

The Time Evolution of the μ⁺ Spin Polarization in Muonium for a Generally Anisotropic Hyperfine Interaction

Anisotropic Muonium with Random Hyperfine Anisotropies: A New Static Relaxation Theory, R. E. Turner and D. R. Harshman, Physical Review B 34, 4467 (1986).

Appendix II

Ultra-Low Energy Muon Production (μSOL)

Observation of Low Energy µ⁺ Emission from Solid Surfaces, D. R. Harshman, J. B. Warren, J. L. Beveridge, K. R. Kendall, R. F. Kiefl, C. J. Oram, A. P. Mills, Jr., W. S. Crane, A. S. Rupaal and J. H. Turner, Physical Review Letters 56, 2850 (1986). ‡This work reported the first production of slow muons from solid surfaces (e.g., LiF) and provided the first published data of the production of Mu^– ions in vacuum.
Muon/Muonium Surface Interactions, D. R. Harshman, Invited Paper, in Proceedings of the µSR-86 Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, 23 – 27 June 1986, Hyperfine Interactions 32, 847 (1986).
Generation of Slow Positive Muons from Solid Rare-Gas Moderators, D. R. Harshman, A. P. Mills, Jr., J. L. Beveridge, K. R. Kendall, G. D. Morris, M. Senba, J. B. Warren, A. S. Rupaal and J. H. Turner, Physical Review B 36, 8850 (1987). ‡The slow muon production method pioneered here was adopted by the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) for their slow positive muon beam facility.
Slow Muon Physics, D. R. Harshman, Invited Paper, in Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Atomic Physics with Positrons, London, United Kingdom, 15 – 18 July 1987, NATO ASI Series, Vol. 169, pp. 363-371, Edited by J. W. Humberston and E. A. G. Armour (Springer, Boston, MA, 1987).
Slow Muon Physics: Applications to Problems in Superconductivity, D. R. Harshman, Invited Paper, in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Low Energy Muon Science (LEMS’93), Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA, 4 – 8 April 1993, p. 469, Edited by M. Leon.