Ph.D. thesis (pdf) - dirac
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146 Boson Peak<br />
We are mainly interested in studying the vibrational density of states obtained from<br />
the inelastic signal.<br />
The theoretical expression for the inelastic one phonon single contribution to S inc (Q, ω)<br />
is given by equation 4.3.35, which reads<br />
S inel,inc (Q, ω) = 1 (<br />
2M exp − 〈u2 〉Q 2 )<br />
Q 2n(ω) g(ω). (8.1.2)<br />
3 ω<br />
where M is the mass of the molecule. Here the Q dependence and the energy<br />
dependence is totally disentangled. This means that the density of state (in arbitrary<br />
units) can be found from the energy dependence of the scattering function at any<br />
given constant Q. We primarily consider the data in the form g(ω)/ω 2 . This quantity<br />
is obtained directly from equation 8.1.2 by correcting for the bose factor, that is<br />
dividing by n(ω)ω.<br />
In the study of the pressure dependence of the boson peak in PIB3850, we compare<br />
the intensity of the boson peak at different pressures; this experiment is performed<br />
with a constant volume of the sample in the beam, however the number of scatterers<br />
is proportional to the pressure dependent number density. Moreover, the Debye<br />
Waller factor is also pressure dependent because 〈u 2 〉 is pressure dependent. These<br />
effects are eliminated by normalizing to the elastic intensity, which is given by the<br />
number of scatterers and the Debye Waller factor:<br />
I el,inc (Q) = N σ (<br />
inc<br />
4π exp − 〈u2 〉Q 2 )<br />
. (8.1.3)<br />
3<br />
The resolution function measured at 2 K had a small wing up to about 2 meV,<br />
and has therefore been subtracted, when considering the inelastic signal of the low<br />
temperature data. The effect of this last correction is minor as soon as the temperature<br />
approaches T g of the sample because the intensity of inelastic and quasi-elastic<br />
scattering increases.<br />
In figure 8.2 we show the rDOS (g(ω)/ω 2 ) of PIB3580 obtained at a constant Q as<br />
well as the result obtained by summing over the angles. The data are in both cases<br />
corrected for the bose factor and normalized to the elastic intensity as described<br />
above. The data are finally adjusted by one pressure independent factor to make<br />
the data overlap. It is clearly seen that the results are in agreement, not only<br />
the shape and position of the boson peak, but also the pressure dependence of the<br />
intensity found by the two methods is the same.