Muon spin relaxation in spin glass PdMn

Abstract

Muon spin relaxation (..mu..SR) rates have been measured in transverse, longitudinal, and zero applied field for the spin glass PdMn (7 at. %), and are compared with a previous study of the disordered ferromagnet PdMn (2 at. %). The calculated paramagnetic state transverse field relaxation rate for noninteracting spins is much larger than the observed rate in spin glass PdMn, but is in good agreement with ferromagnetic PdMn. The zero field relaxation rate shows a sharp cusp at T/sub g/=5K. An applied longitudinal field of 5 kG is insufficient to suppress this cusp in spin glss PdMn, but will suppress a similar cusp in ferromagnetic PdMn. Below T/sub g/=5K. An applied longitudinal field of 5 kG is insufficient to suppress this cusp in spin glass PdMn, but will suppress a similar cusp in ferromagnetic PdMn. Below T/sub g/, a distribution of quasistatic local fields is observed in zero field, which has the same temperature dependence for both samples. Comparisons with model calculations are discussed