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Extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure measurements of copper: Local dynamics, anharmonicity, and thermal expansion

Extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure measurements of copper: Local dynamics, anharmonicity,... Extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure (EXAFS) of copper has been measured from 4 to 500 K and analyzed by the cumulant method, to check the effectiveness of EXAFS as a probe of local dynamics and thermal expansion. The comparison between parallel mean square relative displacements (MSRD) of the first four coordination shells has allowed detecting a significant deviation from a pure Debye behavior. The first-shell EXAFS thermal expansion is larger than the crystallographic one: the difference has allowed evaluating the perpendicular MSRD, whose Debye temperature is slightly larger than the one of the parallel MSRD, due to anisotropy effects. High-order first-shell cumulants are in good agreement with quantum perturbative models. The anharmonic contribution to the first-shell parallel MSRD amounts to less than 1.5 percent. The third cumulant cannot be neglected in the analysis, if accurate values of the first cumulant are sought; it cannot however be used to directly estimate the thermal expansion. The shape of the effective pair potential is independent of temperature; a rigid shift, partially due to the relative motion perpendicular to the bond direction, is however observed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Physical Review B American Physical Society (APS)

Extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure measurements of copper: Local dynamics, anharmonicity, and thermal expansion

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American Physical Society (APS)
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Copyright © 2004 The American Physical Society
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1550-235X
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10.1103/PhysRevB.70.174301
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Abstract

Extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure (EXAFS) of copper has been measured from 4 to 500 K and analyzed by the cumulant method, to check the effectiveness of EXAFS as a probe of local dynamics and thermal expansion. The comparison between parallel mean square relative displacements (MSRD) of the first four coordination shells has allowed detecting a significant deviation from a pure Debye behavior. The first-shell EXAFS thermal expansion is larger than the crystallographic one: the difference has allowed evaluating the perpendicular MSRD, whose Debye temperature is slightly larger than the one of the parallel MSRD, due to anisotropy effects. High-order first-shell cumulants are in good agreement with quantum perturbative models. The anharmonic contribution to the first-shell parallel MSRD amounts to less than 1.5 percent. The third cumulant cannot be neglected in the analysis, if accurate values of the first cumulant are sought; it cannot however be used to directly estimate the thermal expansion. The shape of the effective pair potential is independent of temperature; a rigid shift, partially due to the relative motion perpendicular to the bond direction, is however observed.

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Physical Review B – American Physical Society (APS)

Published: Nov 1, 2004

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