Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Measurements of Liquid Germanium

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kato, Y. | Kawakita, Y. | Shibata, K. | Takeda, S. | Pilgrim, W.-C.

Affiliations: Department of Chemistry and Physics of Condensed Matter, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, 4-2-1 Ropponmatsu, Fukuoka 810-8560, Japan | Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 810-8560, Japan | Neutron Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute(JAERI), Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-1195, Japan | Institute for Physical-, Nuclear- and Macromolecular Chemistry, Philipps University of Marburg, Hans-Meerwein Str., D-35032 Marburg, Germany

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Abstract: Quasi-elastic neutron scattering measurements of liquid germanium were carried out at 1000 and 1500°C, using the inverted geometry inelastic neutron spectrometer, LAM-40. The dynamic structure factor, S(Q,E), is obtained over a wide momentum transfer region from 0.6 to 5.1 Å−1.

Keywords: Germanium, Liquid, Dynamics, Quasi-elastic, Inelastic, Neutron

DOI: 10.1080/10238160412331299870

Journal: Journal of Neutron Research, vol. 13, no. 1-3, pp. 135-137, 2005