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Scaling of Low-Temperature Heat Capacity in Cryocrystals

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2025-11-19 v1 Quantum Gases

Abstract

The low-temperature isochoric heat capacity of cryocrystals was scaled using the universal scaling function. This universality links the magnitude of the anomaly and the characteristic temperature of the hump TmaxT_{\mathrm{max}} in heat capacity, which is related to the first van Hove singularity in the phonon spectrum. For atomic, molecular, and quantum cryocrystals, TmaxT_{\mathrm{max}} systematically shifts with molar volume, reflecting Brillouin zone scaling and revealing a common vibrational origin. These findings for the scaling function bridge thermodynamics with the vibrational density of states, highlighting fundamental universality in lattice dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.2511.14409,
  title  = {Scaling of Low-Temperature Heat Capacity in Cryocrystals},
  author = {M. Barabashko and A. Jeżowski and A. Krivchikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.14409},
  year   = {2025}
}