Brillouin neutron scattering in heavy water: evidence for two-mode collective dynamics
F Sacchetti1, J-B Suck, C Petrillo
1INFM and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy.
Abstract:
A high resolution (1.5 meV) inelastic neutron scattering experiment was carried out, aiming at an accurate investigation of the high frequency and low momentum dynamic response in heavy water. The experimental data confirm the existence of a dispersionless mode, besides the ordinary longitudinal collective dynamics. A simplified model, based on the interaction of two vibrational branches, is proposed to interpret the observed features of the dynamic spectra. The validity extent of this scheme is proved by applying it to room temperature neutron and x-ray data, to temperature and pressure dependent x-ray data, and to room temperature neutron data of vibrational density of states. The overall successfull results provided by this model, in conjunction with the combined analysis of the x-ray and neutron data on collective dynamics, enable a deeper insight into the complex mechanisms of the water dynamics and provide a simple phenomenological explanation for the transition from ordinary to fast sound.
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