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Anomalous properties of crystalline methane in the range of 60–70 K

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Mechanical, structural, thermal, and spectral properties of solid methane in the temperature range 0.5T tr-T tr (T tr is the triple point) at the equilibrium vapor pressure have been analyzed. It has been shown that the totality of observed anomalies in the temperature range of 60–70 K can be explained by the existence of collective rotational degrees of freedom in solid methane.

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  1. Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University, ul. Bolshaya Sankt-Peterburgskaya 41, Velikii Novgorod, 173003, Russia

    A. Yu. Zakharov

  2. Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering named after O. O. Galkin, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, ul. R. Luxemburg 72, Donetsk, 83114, Ukraine

    A. V. Leont’eva & A. Yu. Prokhorov

  3. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel

    A. I. Erenburg

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Original Russian Text © A.Yu. Zakharov, A.V. Leont’eva, A.Yu. Prokhorov, A.I. Erenburg, 2014, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2014, Vol. 56, No. 7, pp. 1446–1450.

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Zakharov, A.Y., Leont’eva, A.V., Prokhorov, A.Y. et al. Anomalous properties of crystalline methane in the range of 60–70 K. Phys. Solid State 56, 1501–1505 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783414070348

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