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Ab initio molecular dynamic method within the framework of density functional theory is applied to analyze the structural and electronic properties of crystalline molecular hydrogen at temperature 100\,K. Pressure, pair correlation function…
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In solids, the response of the lattice to photo-excitation is often described by the inertial evolution on an impulsively modified potential energy surface which leads to coherent motion. However, it remains unknown if vibrational coherence…
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The empirical spectra and $E2$ decay rates in $^{110,112,114,116}$Cd are shown to be consistent with a vibrational interpretation for low-lying normal states, coexisting with a single deformed $\gamma$-soft band of intruder states. The…
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The diffusional dynamics and vibrational spectroscopy of molecular hydrogen (H$_2$) in myoglobin (Mb) is characterized. Hydrogen has been implicated in a number of physiologically relevant processes, including cellular aging or…
Identifying the atomic structure and properties of solid hydrogen under high pressures is a long-standing problem of high-pressure physics with far-reaching significance in planetary and materials science. Determining the…
We consider a classical, two-dimensional system of identical particles which interact via a finite-ranged, repulsive pair potential. We assume that the system is in a crystalline phase. We calculate the normal vibrational modes of a…
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