TOPICAL REVIEW: Microscopic structure of liquid hydrogen
Abstract
Hydrogen makes the simplest molecular liquid. Nonetheless, due to several different reasons, measuring its microscopic structure has been one of the most challenging tasks in neutron diffraction experiments. The recent development of modern pulsed neutron sources triggered a renewed experimental interest which, in turn, led to new knowledge and also to a more effective use of the classic reactor-based experimental data. The contemporary development of quantum mechanical computer simulation techniques, and a critical comparison among the results of different experiments using steady and pulsed neutron sources, resulted in a quantitatively reliable solution of the problem.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
- Pub Date:
- June 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0953-8984/15/23/202
- Bibcode:
- 2003JPCM...15.1047Z