Anomalous dynamical effects in calcite CaCO3

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作者
Harris, MJ [1 ]
Dove, MT
Swainson, IP
Hagen, ME
机构
[1] Rutherford Appleton Lab, ISIS Facil, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Earth Sci, Mineral Phys Grp, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, England
[3] Steacie Inst Mol Sci, Neutron Program Mat Res, Natl Res Council, Chalk River Labs, Chalk River, ON K0J 1P0, Canada
[4] Univ Keele, Dept Phys, Keele ST5 5BG, Staffs, England
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10.1088/0953-8984/10/25/002
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
摘要
We present the results of an inelastic neutron scattering study of calcite. A continuum of excitations is observed, coupled with a soft phonon mode. Similar excitation spectra have been found in a number of other materials, due to electronic effects. However, calcite is an insulator, and we suggest that our results can instead be explained by a rather unexpected solution of the conventional picture that arises from coupling between phonon and relaxation modes.
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