Abstract
Inelastic neutron-scattering measurements of the torsional levels of CN and CN are presented as functions of pressure and temperature. In contrast to all previously observed pressure dependence of hindered rotors, the ground-state tunnel splitting increases and the energies of the bound torsional levels decrease with pressure. A potential which reproduces these anomalous effects is found and the source of the anomaly explained.
- Received 28 September 1984
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.193
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