Hydrogen self-dynamics in orthorhombic alkaline earth hydrides through incoherent inelastic neutron scattering

Inelastic neutron scattering patterns from polycrystalline CaH2, SrH2 and BaH2, measured on TOSCA-II spectrometer at low temperature in the energy transfer range 3 meV < E < 500 meV are reported. From the medium-energy regions, coinciding with optical phonon bands, high-quality generalized sel...

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Autores: Colognesi, D., Barrera, Gustavo Daniel, Ramirez Cuesta, A.J., Zoppi, M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/102102
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/102102
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Metal hydrides
Neutron scattering
Lattice dynamics
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Sumario:Inelastic neutron scattering patterns from polycrystalline CaH2, SrH2 and BaH2, measured on TOSCA-II spectrometer at low temperature in the energy transfer range 3 meV < E < 500 meV are reported. From the medium-energy regions, coinciding with optical phonon bands, high-quality generalized self-inelastic structure factors are extracted and compared to new ab initio lattice dynamics simulations, accurately reproducing the hydride lattice structures. The overall agreement is found satisfactory, even though not perfect, especially in the first optical phonon zone of BaH2. In addition, the simulations provide a compelling support to a recent physical interpretation of the recorded spectral features and allowed to separate the contributions produced by the two non-equivalent hydrogen atoms.2, SrH2 and BaH2, measured on TOSCA-II spectrometer at low temperature in the energy transfer range 3 meV < E < 500 meV are reported. From the medium-energy regions, coinciding with optical phonon bands, high-quality generalized self-inelastic structure factors are extracted and compared to new ab initio lattice dynamics simulations, accurately reproducing the hydride lattice structures. The overall agreement is found satisfactory, even though not perfect, especially in the first optical phonon zone of BaH2. In addition, the simulations provide a compelling support to a recent physical interpretation of the recorded spectral features and allowed to separate the contributions produced by the two non-equivalent hydrogen atoms.E < 500 meV are reported. From the medium-energy regions, coinciding with optical phonon bands, high-quality generalized self-inelastic structure factors are extracted and compared to new ab initio lattice dynamics simulations, accurately reproducing the hydride lattice structures. The overall agreement is found satisfactory, even though not perfect, especially in the first optical phonon zone of BaH2. In addition, the simulations provide a compelling support to a recent physical interpretation of the recorded spectral features and allowed to separate the contributions produced by the two non-equivalent hydrogen atoms.2. In addition, the simulations provide a compelling support to a recent physical interpretation of the recorded spectral features and allowed to separate the contributions produced by the two non-equivalent hydrogen atoms.