Inversion symmetry in the spin-Peierls compound NaV2O5
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At room-temperature NaV2O5 was found to have the centrosymmetric space group Pmmn. This space group implies the presence of only one kind of V site in contrast with previous reports of the non-centrosymmetric counterpart P21mn. This indicates a non-integer valence state of vanadium.
Furthermore, this symmetry has consequences for the interpretation of the transition at 34 K, which was ascribed to a spin-Peierls transition of one dimensional chains of V4+.
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Revtex, 3 pages, 2 postscript pictures embedded in the text. Corrected a mistake in one picture