Dipole active vibrational motion in the physisorption well

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作者
Svensson, K
Andersson, S
机构
[1] Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2016
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We demonstrate by electron energy-loss measurements that the vibrational motion in the physisorption well is dipole active. This is a general phenomenon and data for adsorbed H-2, D-2, and HD reveal a strong nonlinear dependence of the induced dipole moments on displacement. We find that a good estimate of the dipole moment function can be obtained from a van der Waals model.
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