TORSIONAL RELAXATION OF METHYL-GROUP NUCLEAR-SPIN-SYMMETRY SPECIES

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作者
CLOUGH, S [1 ]
HEIDEMANN, A [1 ]
KRAXENBERGER, H [1 ]
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[1] INST MAX VON LAUE PAUL LANGEVIN,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.1298
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O4 [物理学];
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The lifetime of the first excited torsional state of a hindered methyl group of E proton-spin symmetry is found to be much less than the A-species lifetime. This is explained by a symmetric hindering potential, amplitude modulated by phonons, which also accounts for the observed widths of torsional ground-state tunneling transitions. The observations invalidate Allen's model for tunneling-splitting temperature dependence. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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