1. Current 5 year plan (Sonier) 1. A high field low temperature muSR spectrometer (MacLaughlin and Kiefl) 2.Low energy muon beamline 1000 + /s at TRIUMF. (Morenzoni-PSI, Bakule+Matsuda- RIKEN and Brewer) 3. Independent source of 8 Li for beta-NMR (MacFarlane and Morris) Summary of Materials Science Breakout Session

2. Major components of the last 5 year plan (Sonier) M20 CFI $2.4M + Matching funds =$6M TRIUMF $2.22M

3. SR at 15T and 20 mK (MacLaughlin) Lévy et al. 05 e.g. Field-Induced Superconductivity in URhGe Existing Hightime spectrometer TRIUMF is 8T/2K=4T/K B/T in New spectrometer ~200 times larger! What is the interest in low T and high B ? CMP is the study of the collective behaviour of electrons Low T ground state and elementary excitations High B/T Zeeman energy>> kT new ground states new properties

4. Detector arrangement (Kiefl) Top view Cold finger F Veto TM sample 10 mm L R 77K 4K B=15T 1.Split Solenoid 15T ~$1M 2.Cryostat inserts 2K, 300mK and 20 mK+ detectors ~$1M

5. Confinement another way to significantly alter electronic and magnetic properties of electrons at interfaces, near surfaces and thin films (Morenzoni and MacFarlane) t A B LBLB LALA

6. Magnetic properties change as a function of thickness and depth Morenzoni G. Nieuwenhuys, E. Morenzoni, S. Vongtragool, H. Luetkens, A. Suter, Th. Prokscha, F. Galli, M. Hesselberth submitted to PRL 2007

7. LE muSR in Fe/Ag Magnetic Multilayers 4nm 20nm 4nm H. Luetkens, J. Korecki, E. Morenzoni, T. Prokscha, M. Birke, H. Glückler, R. Khasanov, H.-H. Klauss, T. Slezak, A. Suter, E. M. Forgan, Ch. Niedermayer, and F. J. Litterst Phys Rev. Lett. 91, 017204 (2003). Magnetic field distribution in Ag

8. Low-energy muon-spin-rotation studies on thin film multilayers consisting of cuprate high-TC sc and FM oxides Microscopic investigations of a metal-superconductor proximity bilayer Motion and Pinning of hole-poor pockets in cuprates Charge differentiation of positive muons in insulators and semiconductors at low implantation energies Magnetic and superconducting properties of electron-Doped La 2-x Ce x CuO 4 epitaxial thin films Conduction Electron Spin Polarization of the Nonmagnetic Layers of FM/NM Heterostructures Superconductivity and magnetism in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 /PrBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 /YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 tri-layers Spin Freezing in underdoped HTS Spin Coherent Transport in Organic Spin Valves Studies of Polymer Surface Dynamics Influence of electric fields on manganites studied by low-energy muon precession. Study of Superconducting-Magnetic Coupling in Superconducting Spin Valve Structures Ferromagnetism in III-V and II-IV-V2 dilute magnetic semiconductors Proximity effect in Pd/Fe bilayers and Fe/Pd/Fe trilayers. LE muon Proposals at PSI in 2007 Morenzoni

9. Low energy µSR study of moving vortices in type-II superconductors. Magnetic Penetration in a Superconducting Sandwich and Thin Film Organic thin-films and solar cells Investigation of magnetism in HfO 2 and related systems Induced ferromagnetism in superconducting layer of superconductor/ferromagnet heterostructures Low Energy MuSR Studies of Mn doped GaAs Measurement of the Magnetic Properties of a mono-Layer of Single Molecule Magnets Magnetism in Proton-Irradiated HOPG Carbon A direct measurement of the interplay between ferromagnetism and superconductivity at atomically flat oxide interfaces. Spin-polarized injection from a magnetic semiconductor into a nonmagnetic semiconductor: spintronics via μSR LE muon proposals at PSI contd

10. Structural phase near the surface of SrTiO 3 at 150K Salman et al. PRL 96, 147601 (2006) T c bulk MacFarlane

11. Progress in βNMR ProjectPublications High Spin Molecules on SurfacesNano Letters (07) Near Surface Vortex State of NbSe 2 Phys Rev Lett, 98, 167001 (07) Thin Metal FilmsPhys Rev Lett 98, 047601 (07) Phys Rev B 75, 073405 (07) Phys Rev Lett 93, 157601 (04) Surface Effects on Phase Transitions Phys Rev Lett 96, 147601 (06)

12. 7 + low energy expts, 6 w/ accelerated beam, two RIB sources ONE mass separator Cant make a big impact 3 weeks/year no good

13. µSR Ghetto µSR Ghetto MESON HALL BEAM DUMP MESON HALL BEAM DUMP 150 µA beam dump BL1 Surface Muon Source Custom Production Target in a magnetic bottle for pions Dai Omega style High Flux Surface µ + Beam Low Energy µ + Beam 150 µA T2 TNF (moved) M9 M20 $$$ Brewer

14. 1.Independent source of 8 Li for beta-NMR at TNF or proton hall 2.A high field low temperature muSR spectrometer. CFI +Japanese funding? 3. A low energy muon beamline with 1000 + /s at the sample could probably be made here at TRIUMF. However the money might be better spent helping to build a low energy muon at J-PARC. Conclusion