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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.

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