Keimer's department > Groups > FRM-II group

Neutron resonant spin-echo spectroscopy and neutron/x-ray contrast reflectometry

Our group operates the neutron resonant spin-echo spectrometer TRISP and the neutron/x-ray contrast reflectometer NREX at the FRM-II neutron source in Garching near Munich. Our recent research focused on the combined effects of the electronic structure and lattice vibrations on superconductivity in lead and niobium, the non-Fermi liquid state in MnSi, the physics of spin fluctuations in the prototypical antiferromagnet MnF2, and several other physical problems, where the unprecedentedly high μeV-resolution of TRISP proved indispensable.

Recent Publications

Bálint Náfrádi et al.

Low-Temperature Dynamics of Magnons in a Spin-1/2 Ladder Compound

B. Náfrádi , T. Keller, H. Manaka, A. Zheludev, B. Keimer.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 (2011), 177202
Bálint Náfrádi et al.

Spin dynamics in the S=1/2 antiferromagnetic chain compounds δ-(EDT-TTF-CONMe2)2X (X=AsF6,Br): A multifrequency electron spin resonance study

Bálint Náfrádi, Areta Olariu, László Forró, Cécile Mézière, Patrick Batail, András Jánossy.
Phys. Rev. B 81 (2010), 224438
Niklowitz et al.

Parasitic Small-Moment Antiferromagnetism and Nonlinear Coupling of Hidden Order and Antiferromagnetism in URu2Si2 Observed by Larmor Diffraction

P. G. Niklowitz, C. Pfleiderer, T. Keller, M. Vojta, Y.-K. Huang, J. A. Mydosh.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (2010), 106406
Major et al.

A spin-echo resolved grazing incidence scattering setup for the neutron interrogation of buried nanostructures

J. Major, A. Vorobiev, A. Rühm, R. Maier, M. Major, M. Mezger, M. Nülle, H. Dosch, G. P. Felcher, P. Falus, T. Keller, R. Pynn.
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80 (2009), 123903
Aynajian et al.

Energy Gaps and Kohn Anomalies in Elemental Superconductors

P. Aynajian, T. Keller, L. Boeri, S. M. Shapiro, K. Habicht, B. Keimer.
Science 319 (2008), 1509
Pfleiderer et al.

Non-Fermi Liquid Metal Without Quantum Criticality

C. Pfleiderer, P. Böni, T. Keller, U. K. Rößler, A. Rosch.
Science 316 (2007), 1871
Bayrakci et al.

Spin-Wave Lifetimes Throughout the Brillouin Zone

S. P. Bayrakci, T. Keller, K. Habicht, B. Keimer.
Science 312 (2006), 1926

Recent highlight
Kohn anomalies and energy gaps in lead
The locus of Kohn anomalies extracted from the jumps in the longitudinal phonon linewidths in the (hk0) and (hhl) planes in Pb (blue points), compared to the constant-energy cut of the lowest-energy transverse acoustic phonon branch at 2.8 meV ± 10% (red lines).


Group members

Sibel Bayrakci

  scientist

Thomas Keller

  scientist

Yury Khaydukov

  scientist

Olaf Soltwedel

  scientist

Nathalie Munnikes

  PhD student

Kathrin Buchner

  engineer