Absolute sign of the Mu* hyperfine parameters in diamond

Abstract Standard μSR experiments in diamond have shown that the relative sign of the hyperfine parameters of the anisotropic Mu* state is negative (A ‖/A ⊥<0). We report an experimental determination of theabsolute sign of the Mu* hyperfine parameters by studying the transferred muon polarization during the thermally-activated transition from the isotropic Mu state to Mu*. The results demonstrate that the isotropic part of the Mu* hyperfine interaction is negative. In a nitrogen-poor diamond, both the Mu disappearance rate and the enhancement of the Mu* signals are well-described by a single Arrhenius law.