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Relative energies of muon probe sites in the chain region of RBa2Cu3O7 (RBCO) are investigated using a molecular quantum chemistry calculation for (Oμ)− embedded in a cluster of point charges to simulate local charge distributions in RBCO. Partial Cu−O chain covalency results in a O-μ...O muon site between the chain and bridging oxygens. However, Cu-μ “hydride”-like sites are suggested by results for nominally ionic clusters.
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Lichti, R.L., Adams, T.R. & Gibson, T.L. Stability of muon-oxygen bond sites in RBa2Cu3O7 . Hyperfine Interact 63, 199–205 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02396003
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