{"id":2914,"date":"2015-09-10T19:52:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T02:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/physikon.net\/?page_id=2914"},"modified":"2022-07-10T09:01:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T16:01:40","slug":"ph-d-thesis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/physikon.net\/?page_id=2914","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. Thesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4319\" src=\"http:\/\/physikon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/jy26-017_cropped-1-e1528307055917.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/cIRcle\/collections\/ubctheses\/831\/items\/1.0085069\">The Interactions of Muonium with Silica Surfaces<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Muon\/Muonium Surface Interactions<\/strong>, D. R. Harshman, Invited Paper, in <em>Proceedings of the \u00b5SR-86 Conference<\/em>, Uppsala, Sweden, 23 \u2013 27 June 1986, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/BF02394994\">Hyperfine Interactions <strong>32<\/strong>, 847 (1986)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>I look back with great fondness on my years at the University of British Columbia and TRIUMF. So many wonderful and talented people made&nbsp;life interesting, and the successful completion of my dissertation possible. It was a truly unique opportunity that set the course for my professional life.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxsT3RPd2tsdENhY2s\/view?usp=sharing&amp;resourcekey=0-pWawa0BdZV_Mmv62FzgrUg\"><big>Preface and Indexes<\/big><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><big>Title Page, Abstract, Table of Contents<\/big><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxsUzAwdURfdHlNanc\/view?usp=sharing&amp;resourcekey=0-JeUNA9CL0gQIPhO3h7Fm4g\"><big>Chapter I<\/big><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><big>Introduction<\/big><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxsSGRCU3hqZWNxM0E\/view?usp=sharing&amp;resourcekey=0-6I-K_xgfV23eEGFKiC1osw\"><big>Chapter II<\/big><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><big>Experimental Technique<\/big><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxsVU4tT2JnOXoxVEE\/view?usp=sharing&amp;resourcekey=0-0WAL1baDjFQU5TW103WplQ\"><big>Chapter III<\/big><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><big>Theory of Muonium Relaxation<\/big><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxsckJQbDh0UG9UdlE\/view?usp=sharing&amp;resourcekey=0-DDUhjuKAOYr59GzKgh1cIA\"><big>Chapter IV<\/big><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><big>Experimental Results and Interpretations<\/big><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Diffusion and Trapping of Muonium on Silica Surfaces<\/strong>, D. R. Harshman, R. Keitel, M. Senba, R. F. Kiefl, E. J. Ansaldo and J. H. Brewer, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/0375-9601(84)90025-2\">Physics. Letters <strong>104A<\/strong>, 472 (1984).<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Dynamical Behavior of Muonium on Silica Surfaces<\/strong>, D. R. Harshman, R. Keitel, M. Senba, E. J. Ansaldo and J. H. Brewer, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/BF02064867\">Hyperfine Interactions <b>17-19<\/b>, 557 (1984)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxsZ0tnS0M4aE9vSWM\/view?usp=sharing&amp;resourcekey=0-b96gnCoFN18-uH-2XwU2Iw\"><big>Chapter V<\/big><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><big>Conclusions and Future Directions<\/big><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxsakIxT0FBZDk3ekE\/view?usp=sharing&amp;resourcekey=0-Y_XkHcv83V0at2fnpRrY7A\"><big>Appendix I<\/big><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><big>The Time Evolution of the \u03bc<sup>+<\/sup> Spin Polarization in Muonium for a Generally Anisotropic Hyperfine Interaction<\/big><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Anisotropic Muonium with Random Hyperfine Anisotropies: A New Static Relaxation Theory<\/strong>, R. E. Turner and D. R. Harshman, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevB.34.4467\">Physical Review B&nbsp;<strong>34<\/strong>, 4467 (1986).<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxsaGdfX3UyU0JGczA\/view?usp=sharing&amp;resourcekey=0-H4i6tSzaSqTqOeLmPBJjug\"><big>Appendix II<\/big><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><big>Ultra-Low Energy Muon Production (\u03bcSOL)<\/big><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-3870\" style=\"max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-106-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-3870 ml-slider ms-theme-default nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"muSOL\" data-height=\"400\" data-width=\"600\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_3870\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_3870\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3871 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2017-03-17 19:23:27\" data-filename=\"slowmuon_4_5x3.5-500x333.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/physikon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/slowmuon_4_5x3.5-500x333.png\" height=\"400\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3870 slide-3871 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3872 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2017-03-17 19:23:33\" data-filename=\"slowmuon_3_5x3.5-500x333.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/physikon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/slowmuon_3_5x3.5-500x333.png\" height=\"400\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3870 slide-3872 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3873 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2017-03-17 19:23:41\" data-filename=\"slowmuon_2_5x3.5-500x333.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/physikon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/slowmuon_2_5x3.5-500x333.png\" height=\"400\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3870 slide-3873 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3874 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2017-03-17 19:23:51\" data-filename=\"slowmuon_1_5x3.5-500x333.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/physikon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/slowmuon_1_5x3.5-500x333.png\" height=\"400\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3870 slide-3874 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Observation of Low Energy \u00b5<sup>+<\/sup> Emission from Solid Surfaces<\/strong>, 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, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.56.2850\">Physical Review Letters <strong>56<\/strong>, 2850 (1986)<\/a>. \u2021This 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<sup>\u2013<\/sup> ions in vacuum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Muon\/Muonium Surface Interactions<\/strong>, D. R. Harshman, Invited Paper, in Proceedings of the \u00b5SR-86&nbsp;Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, 23 \u2013 27 June 1986, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/BF02394994\">Hyperfine Interactions&nbsp;<b>32<\/b>, 847 (1986).<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Generation of Slow Positive Muons from Solid Rare-Gas Moderators<\/strong>, 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, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevB.36.8850\">Physical Review B <strong>36<\/strong>, 8850 (1987)<\/a>. \u2021The slow muon production method pioneered here was adopted by the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) for their slow positive muon beam facility.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Slow Muon Physics<\/strong>, D. R. Harshman, Invited Paper, in <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-1-4613-0963-5_31\"><em>Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Atomic Physics with Positrons<\/em>, London, United Kingdom, 15 \u2013 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)<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Slow Muon Physics: Applications to Problems in Superconductivity<\/strong>, D. R. Harshman, Invited Paper, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osti.gov\/biblio\/10121912\"><em>Proceedings of the International Workshop on Low Energy Muon Science (LEMS\u201993)<\/em>, Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA, 4 \u2013 8 April 1993, p. 469, Edited by M. Leon<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxsTHpHejhZdzBDNE0\/view?usp=sharing&amp;resourcekey=0-JtjAIKVnqs9FS5-0UdroGg\"><big>Appendix III<\/big><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><big>Collision Frequency of Thermal Muonium<\/big><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxscXk2OGhvLTd4eXM\/view?usp=sharing&amp;resourcekey=0-_zU1GH0BFoSYKzxD8EKoTg\"><big>Appendix IV<\/big><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><big>Tabulated Transverse Field Data<\/big><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxsRm5aSTFPLU90bXc\/view?usp=sharing&amp;resourcekey=0-fjhEjpqrHyHeERESsgrKhw\"><big>References<\/big><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><big>References Listed by Chapter<\/big><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6NvKhzClZxsUVh4M1Z1ZGI5T2M\/view?usp=sharing\">Searchable PDF of complete Ph.D. Thesis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4319\" src=\"http:\/\/physikon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/jy26-017_cropped-1-e1528307055917.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/cIRcle\/collections\/ubctheses\/831\/items\/1.0085069\">The Interactions of Muonium with Silica Surfaces<\/a><br \/> <strong>Muon\/Muonium Surface Interactions<\/strong>, D. 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Harshman, Invited Paper, in <em>Proceedings of the \u00b5SR-86 Conference<\/em>, Uppsala, Sweden, 23 \u2013 27 June 1986, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/BF02394994\">Hyperfine Interactions <strong>32<\/strong>, 847 (1986)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>I look back  \u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/physikon.net\/?page_id=2914\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2082,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2914","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/physikon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/physikon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/physikon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/physikon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/physikon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2914"}],"version-history":[{"count":291,"href":"http:\/\/physikon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7825,"href":"http:\/\/physikon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2914\/revisions\/7825"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/physikon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/physikon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}