PRESSURE-DEPENDENCE OF METHYL TUNNELLING MOTION

被引:24
作者
CLOUGH, S [1 ]
HEIDEMANN, A [1 ]
PALEY, M [1 ]
VETTIER, C [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 / 20期
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10.1088/0022-3719/12/20/002
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
The energy level splitting due to tunnelling motion of the methyl groups in sodium acetate trihydrate, Na(CH3COO)3H2O, has been measured by inelastic neutron scattering at 4K for hydrostatic pressures up to 5 kbar. The splitting falls from 5.7 mu eV at atmospheric pressure to 2.2 mu eV at 5 kbar with an exponential pressure dependence indicating a linear dependence of the height of the hindering potential on pressure.
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页码:L781 / L783
页数:3
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