Abstract
Inelastic X-ray scattering has been employed to study the sound dispersion of nitrogen in its liquid and supercritical phase. In the liquid phase, the occurrence of a positive sound dispersion was clearly observed, associated with a structural relaxation process. This phenomenon gradually disappears approaching the supercritical phase.
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to D. Gambetti and R. Verbeni for help in the preparation of the experiment.