""A deep inelastic neutron scattering experiment, performed on D2O in the stable and metastable liquid. phases, provides evidence for isotope quantum effects in the proton or deuteron single particle dynamics. along the hydrogen bond. The deuteron mean kinetic energy extracted from the experimental data in the. metastable supercooled phase (T ¼ 276:15 K) exceeds the zero point energy and scales as. ffiffiffi. 2 p with that of. protons in supercooled light water, at T ¼ 269:15 K. The present data support the suggestion that even. small changes in the short range environment of a deuteron or proton have a strong influence on its. quantum behavior.""
Giuliani, A., Bruni, F., Ricci, M.A., Adams, M.a. (2011). Isotope Quantum Effects on theWater Proton Mean Kinetic Energy. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 106(25), 255502 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.255502].
Isotope Quantum Effects on theWater Proton Mean Kinetic Energy
BRUNI, Fabio;RICCI, Maria Antonietta;
2011-01-01
Abstract
""A deep inelastic neutron scattering experiment, performed on D2O in the stable and metastable liquid. phases, provides evidence for isotope quantum effects in the proton or deuteron single particle dynamics. along the hydrogen bond. The deuteron mean kinetic energy extracted from the experimental data in the. metastable supercooled phase (T ¼ 276:15 K) exceeds the zero point energy and scales as. ffiffiffi. 2 p with that of. protons in supercooled light water, at T ¼ 269:15 K. The present data support the suggestion that even. small changes in the short range environment of a deuteron or proton have a strong influence on its. quantum behavior.""I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
