Rotational excitations of A-CH4 II in the meV range studied by inelastic neutron scattering
Author(s) -
W. Press,
A. Heidemann,
Valeria Lauter,
J. A. Morrison,
K. Neumaier
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
canadian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1480-3291
pISSN - 0008-4042
DOI - 10.1139/v88-119
Subject(s) - chemistry , inelastic neutron scattering , inelastic scattering , excitation , atomic physics , neutron scattering , neutron , quasielastic neutron scattering , spin (aerodynamics) , range (aeronautics) , molecule , scattering , molecular physics , nuclear physics , physics , optics , quantum mechanics , materials science , organic chemistry , composite material , thermodynamics
The excitation spectrum of solid methane (CH 4 ) with all molecules converted to the nuclear spin state with A symmetry has been measured with incoherent inelastic neutron scattering. For energies [Formula: see text], there are no dramatic differences with samples consisting of a mixture of all three spin states A, T, and E. A qualitative understanding of the measurements is achieved by comparison with calculations of Ozaki et al.
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