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Bond-centered hydrogen or muonium in diamond: The explanation for anomalous muonium and an example of metastability

T. L. Estle

S. Estreicher

D. S. Marynick

  • Physics Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251

  • Physics Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409

  • Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1547 – Published 13 April, 1987

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1547

Abstract

We present qualitative theoretical evidence that interstitial bond-centered hydrogen or muonium in diamond is stable as a result of unusually large lattice relaxation. The two geometrical configurations of neutral interstitial muonium explain the structures and properties of anomalous muonium (bond centered) and normal muonium (tetrahedral interstitial site), including the thermal conversion of normal to anomalous muonium and represent a well-defined example of interstitial metastability.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1547– Published 13 April, 1987
  • Received 29 December 1986

© 1987 American Physical Society

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