Lattice symmetry, coupled tunneling

The requirement I > 2 can be understood from the symmetry considerations. The case of no restoring force, 1=1, corresponds to a domain translation. Within our picture, this mode corresponds to the tunneling transition itself. The translation of the defects center of mass violates momentum conservation and thus must be accompanied by absorbing a phonon. Such resonant processes couple linearly to the lattice strain and contribute the most to the phonon absorption at the low temperatures, dominated by one-phonon processes. On the other hand, I = 0 corresponds to a uniform dilation of the shell. This mode is formally related to the domain growth at T>Tg and is described by the theory in Xia and Wolynes [ 1 ]. It is thus possible, in principle, to interpret our formalism as a multipole expansion of the interaction of the domain with the rest of the sample. Harmonics with I > 2 correspond to pure shape modulations of the membrane. 

In the theory of deuteron spin-lattice relaxation we apply a simple model to describe the relaxation of the magnetizations T and (A+E), for symmetry species of four coupled deuterons in CD4 free rotators. Expressions are derived for their direct relaxation rate via the intra and external quadrupole couplings. The jump motion between the equilibrium positions averages the relaxation rate within the same symmetry species. Spin conversion transitions couple the relaxation of T and (A+E). This mixing is included in the calculations by reapplying the simple model under somewhat different conditions. The results compare favorably with the experimental data for the zeolites HY, NaA and NaMordenite [6] and NaY presented here. Incoherent tunnelling is believed to dominate the relaxation process at lowest temperatures as soon as CD4 molecules become localized. 

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