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High-Temperature Quantum–Classical Transition in Solid Methane

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Some experimental studies have reported that physical properties of solid methane exhibit a number of anomalies in the temperature interval between \(0.5 T _\mathrm{tr}\) and \(T _\mathrm{tr}\) (\(T _\mathrm{tr}\) is triple point of methane). This paper contains an attempt of systematization and theoretical interpretation of the observed anomalies.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr. O.I. Kirichek for valuable discussions and helpful comments. We are also grateful to the Referees for their helpful comments and corrections. One of the authors (A. Yu. Zakharov) was partially supported by the Russian Ministry of Science and Education in the framework of the competitive part of state order.

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  1. Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University, Veliky Novgorod, Russia, 173003

    A. Yu. Zakharov

  2. Donetsk Physics and Engineering Institute named after A.A. Galkin, Donetsk, 83114, Ukraine

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

  3. Ben-Gurion University of Negev, P.O.B. 653, 84105, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    A. I. Erenburg

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Zakharov, A.Y., Leont’eva, A.V., Prokhorov, A.Y. et al. High-Temperature Quantum–Classical Transition in Solid Methane. J Low Temp Phys 187, 140–147 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-016-1705-7

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