Collective excitations in liquid methanol: A comparison of molecular, lattice-dynamics, and neutron-scattering results

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The collective dynamics of liquid methanol‐d4 is studied by means of molecular‐dynamics simulation. The model potential is validated by means of lattice energy calculations and shows a very good agreement with the experimentally obtained crystal structure. Center‐of‐mass density and momentum fluctuations are investigated in the (Q,ω) region which is also accessible to inelastic neutron‐scattering (INS) techniques. A simple viscoelastic model previously used for the analysis of INS data is tested against the dynamic structure factor computed from the simulation. A direct comparison with the INS results themselves is also made and qualitative agreement is found. Also, a tentative assignment of the peaks appearing in the current–current correlations is made on the basis of lattice‐dynamics calculations for the polycrystalline low‐temperature α phase.

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