Three-wall piston-cylinder type pressure cell for muon-spin rotation/relaxation experiments

TL;DR

This paper presents a newly designed three-wall piston-cylinder pressure cell optimized for muon-spin rotation/relaxation experiments, capable of reaching high pressures up to 3.3 GPa without damage.

Contribution

The paper introduces a novel three-wall pressure cell design with detailed mechanical analysis and experimental validation for high-pressure muon experiments.

Findings

Achieves pressures up to 3.3 GPa at ambient temperature.

Design closely matches finite-element analysis predictions.

Operates without irreversible damage at high pressures.

Abstract

A three-wall piston-cylinder type high pressure cell for muon-spin rotation/relaxation experiments was designed, manufactured, tested and commissioned. The outer cylinder of the cell body is made from MP35N and the middle and the inner cylinders are made from NiCrAl nonmagnetic alloys. The mechanical design and performance of the pressure cell are evaluated and optimised using finite-element analysis. The outcomes of the experimental testing closely match the modelling results. The high-pressure cell is shown to reach pressures of up to 3.3 GPa at ambient temperature, corresponding to 3.0 GPa at low temperatures, without irreversible damage.