Franck-Condon picture of incoherent neutron scattering

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Gerald R Kneller

Abstract

A spectroscopic interpretation of incoherent neutron scattering experiments is presented which is based on Franck-Condon-type probabilities for scattering-induced transitions between quantum states of the target. The resulting expressions for the scattering functions enable an energy landscape-oriented analysis of neutron scattering spectra as well as a physical interpretation of Van Hove's space-time correlation functions in the quantum regime that accounts for the scattering kinematics. They suggest moreover a combined analysis of quasielastic and elastic scattering that become inseparable for complex systems with slow power-law relaxation.

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Jan 4, 2019·Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Structural Biology·Rana AshkarJeremy C Smith
Apr 14, 2019·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Gerald R Kneller
Dec 24, 2018·The Journal of Chemical Physics·D ZellerJ Peters
Apr 14, 2019·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Wolfgang Doster

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