Background and design

These pages explain the ideas behind Asymmetry rather than the mechanics of any one feature: a short primer on muon-spin spectroscopy, the conventions and implementation choices the program makes, how Asymmetry relates to the established μSR analysis tools, and a glossary of the terms used throughout the documentation.

• Muon-spin spectroscopy: a primer
  • The muon as a local probe
  • Spin precession
  • Measuring the polarisation
  • Static and dynamic fields
  • Relation to other probes
  • A note of caution
  • References
• Conventions and implementation notes
  • Units
  • The asymmetry convention
  • Errors
  • Fit functions
  • Where the behaviour lives
• Asymmetry in the μSR software landscape
  • The reference programs
  • At a glance: feature coverage
  • Where Asymmetry leads
  • Where the other tools lead
  • Shipped since the first landscape survey
  • Roadmap — the remaining gaps
  • References
• Glossary