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Quantum diffusion of light interstitials

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The diffusion rate of light interstitials is calculated avoiding the usual adiabatic and Condon approximations for the phonons. The method employed is a generalization of the standard small polaron theory taking explicitely account of the strongly coupled interstitial-host vibrations.

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  1. Institut für Festkörperforschung der Kernforschungsanlage Jülich, D 5170, Jülich, Germany

    H. R. Schober

  2. Theoretical Physics Division, AERE Harwell, OX11 ORA, Didcot, Oxfordshire, England

    A. M. Stoneham

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Schober, H.R., Stoneham, A.M. Quantum diffusion of light interstitials. Hyperfine Interact 31, 141–146 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02401551

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