Positive-muon depolarization processes in silicon single crystals
Gordeev V.A., Kruglov S.P., Kudinov V.I., Kuz'min L.A., Mikirtych'yants S.M., Minaichev E.V., Obukhov Yu.V., Savel'ev G.I., Firsov V.G., Shcherbakov G.V.
We investigate experimentally the dependences of the initial polarization and of the rate of the slow relaxation of μ+-meson spins in silicon single crystals on the temperature in the interval 300-720 K. The data are analyzed on the basis of the theory of muonium depolarization of μ+ mesons. The results are compared with the data for germanium.