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It is well known that phonon anomalies will occur, if the charge relaxation rate is of the same order of magnitude as the phonon frequencies. Such an effect was observed by a strong softening of the LA-mode in 〈1,1,1〉-direction in several intermediate valent systems with NaCl-structure. Here we will report on such an effect, which is found for the first time in a diluted intermediate valent system. We have performed an inelastic neutron scattering experiment on polycrystalline Tm0.05Y0.95Se using a time-of-flight spectrometer with a very good energy resolution. As a result of a |Q|-dependent analysis of the measured density of phonon states we found that the LA-mode in 〈1,1,1〉-direction is also strongly softened in this dilute case.
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Holland-Moritz, E., Severing, A. Anomaly in the density of phonon states of Tm0.05Y0.95Se. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 63, 313–319 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01303811
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