OBSERVATION OF CRITICAL SLOWING DOWN AT THE STRUCTURAL PHASE-TRANSITION IN P-TERPHENYL BY HIGH-RESOLUTION NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY

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作者
CAILLEAU, H [1 ]
HEIDEMANN, A [1 ]
ZEYEN, CME [1 ]
机构
[1] INST MAX VON LAUE PAUL LANGEVIN,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS C-SOLID STATE PHYSICS | 1979年 / 12卷 / 11期
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10.1088/0022-3719/12/11/002
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
The high-energy resolution of the neutron backscattering technique was used to observe the critical slowing down of the orientational fluctuations of phenyl rings in p-terphenyl above the order-disorder phase transition at T c approximately=180K. The observed relaxation times tau c range from approximately 2*10-11 s at room temperature up to 1.15*10-8 s close to Tc.
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