Evidence for moving breathers in a layered crystal insulator at 300 K
Evidence for moving breathers in a layered crystal insulator at 300 K
We report the ejection of atoms at a crystal surface caused by energetic breathers which have travelled more than 10^7 unit cells in atomic chain directions. The breathers were created by bombardment of a crystal face with heavy ions. This effect was observed at 300K in the layered crystal muscovite, …