Energy distributions of neutrons scattered from solid C60 by the beryllium detector method

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We measured the energy distribution of neutrons scattered from polycrystalline C60, using a high-resolution filter-analyzer spectrometer. In the energy range 30–90 meV (242–726 cm−1) we observed a rich spectrum that we fitted to a sum of 15 Gaussian functions, each of which is assigned to one or a set of several degenerate normal vibrational modes of the C60 molecule. We also observed two broad features in the energy range from 90–130 meV (726–1049 cm−1). Our results are generally in excellent agreement with published spectroscopic data. Detailed comparisons with the results of several first-principles calculations suggest that present-day theories can predict the internal vibrational frequencies of C60 rather well, at least in the 30–90 meV range of energies.

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