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e (2) 1 (j 1, 0 > - 0,1 >), respectively . Under the assumption of a special shape of the<br />

double minimum potential, e .g . [4],<br />

(17 V (x) = x4 - ax e<br />

.24)<br />

one can relate the phenomenological tunnel matrix element t with the parameters of the potential<br />

. The observed tunnel transition is hw = 2t . The full calculation yields for a polycrystalline<br />

sample a scattering function<br />

si,~(Q, üj )<br />

= 1(1- 9o(Qd»F 1 (w _ 2 ) 2 + FZ<br />

(17 .25)<br />

Here F is a complex expression of the order 1, which takes into account the different and temperature<br />

dependent populations of the two minima in the asymmetric potential . This scattering<br />

Figure 17 .5 : Left: Tunnel spectrum of H trapped by O in Nb(OH) o .0o2 . T=0 .1K . Instrument:<br />

IN6, ILL . Top : superconducting, bottom : normal conducting state .<br />

Right : Possible hydrogen-sites around an oxygen-defect (a) . Tunnelling can occur between<br />

each equivalent sites, e .g . o .<br />

function is almost identical with that of an 0 - H group which can assume two equilibrium<br />

orientations . It is more or les5 a semantic question to call a tunnel process translational or<br />

rotational .<br />

With the outlined matrix technique il is also possible to get the tunnelling sublevel structure<br />

of librational states of more complex potential geometries .<br />

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