Exotic Atoms In Condensed Matter: Proceedings Of The Erice Workshop At The Ettore Majorana Centre For Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, May 19 – 25, 1990 (springer Proceedings In Physics)

"Exotic Atoms in Condensed Matter" reviews the state of the art in this field, from meson factories to the basic interactions of muons in condensed matter. The application of muon- and pion-based analysis of solid state structural, magnetic and superconducting properties is discussed. The spectroscopic features of exotic atoms are reviewed together with their application to chemical analysis. Also, muon-catalyzed fusion is presented. Front Matter....Pages I-VIII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Solid State Effects in Atomic Capture of Negative Muons....Pages 3-11 Atomic Capture of Exotic Particles in Elements, Mixtures, and Compounds....Pages 13-31 On the Production of Exotic Atoms: From Basic Facts to Advanced Techniques....Pages 33-53 Slow μ + and μ - Beam Production and the Next Generation of Muon Science....Pages 55-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Light Particles in Solids — μ - in Semiconductors....Pages 63-71 Condensed Matter Studies with Polarized Bound Negative Muons....Pages 73-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Dense Deuterium and Deuterium-Muon Systems....Pages 85-98 Basic Concepts of Muon Catalyzed Fusion....Pages 99-111 μ -Atomic and μ -Molecular Processes in Hydrogen Isotope Mixtures and Muon Catalyzed Fusion....Pages 113-127 Alternatives in Low Energy Fusion?....Pages 129-147 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 Charge Exchange Processes....Pages 151-157 Coulomb Deexcitation of Muonic Hydrogen....Pages 159-165 Charge Transfer from Muonic Hydrogen to Other Elements....Pages 167-174 Capture and Transfer of Pions in Hydrogenous Materials....Pages 175-188 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 Positive Muons as Probes in High- T c Superconductors....Pages 191-212 Muonium and Hydrogen Defect Centres in Solids....Pages 213-227 Muonium Substituted Molecules....Pages 229-244 Magnetic Order and Fluctuations as Detected by Positive Muons....Pages 245-258 High- T c Superconductors: A Background for μ SR Measurements....Pages 259-284 Neutron Versus Muon Measurements in the Mixed State of Superconductors....Pages 285-293 Front Matter....Pages 295-295 Exotic Atoms in Condensed Matter: Conclusions....Pages 297-305 Back Matter....Pages 307-309