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torsitons

  1. plural of torsiton
    • 2016, Arkady A. Kurnosov, Igor V. Rubtsov, Andrii A. Maksymov, Alexander L. Burin, “Electronic torsional sound in linear atomic chains: chemical energy transport at 1000 km/s”, in arXiv[1]:
      For the same reason the maximum energy of the torsitons in cumulenes is as high as a few electronvolts, while the minimum possible energy is evaluated as a few hundred wavenumbers and this minimum is associated with asymmetry of zero point atomic vibrations.