Macroscopic quantum entanglement and 'super-rigidity' of protons in the KHCO3 crystal from 30 to 300 K

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3229-3249

  Fillaux, François ^a   Cousson, Alain ^b   Gutmann, Matthias J ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE LÉON BRILLOUIN   (France)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DIMERS; HYDROGEN BONDS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CENTROSYMMETRIC DIMERS; DYNAMICAL CORRELATIONS; POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE; PSEUDOPROTON STATES;

PROTONS;

EID: 33644927225     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/18/12/006     Document Type: Article

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