Speaker
Prof.
Jess H. Brewer
(TRIUMF & UBC)
Description
I will review the history of muon spin rotation/relaxation/resonance (µSR), from its origins in elementary particle physics through its evolution into an essential probe of molecular and materials science, noting how each solution to a problem for one use of muons engendered opportunities for other uses. Canada has played a disproportionate role in this saga, in a series of technological "firsts" that are now indispensable tools in laboratories around the world. After tracing the path from 1957 to the present, I will speculate about possible futures for µSR.
Primary author
Prof.
Jess H. Brewer
(TRIUMF & UBC)
