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QUANTUM-THEORY OF DIFFUSION - TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF DIFFUSION OF LIGHT INTERSTITIALS IN DEBYE SOLIDS

STONEHAM, AM; (1972) QUANTUM-THEORY OF DIFFUSION - TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF DIFFUSION OF LIGHT INTERSTITIALS IN DEBYE SOLIDS. J PHYS F MET PHYS , 2 (3) 417 -420. 10.1088/0305-4608/2/3/009. Green open access

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Abstract

The temperature dependence of the motion of light interstitials is calculated using the quantum theory of Flynn and Stoneham (1970). The results are compared with the asymptotic expressions given previously. They show that the high temperature asymptotic is accurate over a wider range of temperature than expected, whereas the low temperature form is of very restricted application. Deviations from the asymptote depend both on the temperature and on the ratio of the activation energy to the Debye energy. Results for protons in Ta agree remarkably well with the theory for an activation energy 0.188 eV and for a hopping integral J of 29% of the Debye energy.

Type: Article
Title: QUANTUM-THEORY OF DIFFUSION - TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF DIFFUSION OF LIGHT INTERSTITIALS IN DEBYE SOLIDS
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4608/2/3/009
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0305-4608/2/3/009
Language: English
Additional information: Text made available to UCL Discovery by kind permission of IOP Publishing, 2012
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/59725
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