Magnificent Muons - Johnny Wilkinson - QM Seminars

What does Particle Physics have to do with Quantum Materials? And what even is a muon? Often, Quantum Materials and Particle Physics are seen as two completely separate branches of Physics. But it turns out that there is one particle, the muon, which despite only surviving for 2 millionths of a second, has properties that make it really useful for studying quantum materials. In this short talk, Johnny will show how muons can be used to help us watch what atoms inside quantum materials get up to, and how they are used to unlock some of the biggest questions in quantum materials today. Johnny is a DPhil student in Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Oxford. He specialises in muon spin rotation, which is a technique that uses muons to study the goings-on inside quantum materials. This talk was given as part of the QM Seminar series in July 2020. For more information about QM outreach, go to http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/qmoutreach For more information about Johnny's research, visit https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/contact...