Lattice Softening and Anisotropy atSn119Sites in SnMo6S8

Abstract
The vibrational motion of Sn in the high-critical-field superconductor SnMo6 S8 has been studied with the Sn119 Mössbauer effect. The Mössbauer thermal shift and recoil-free fraction are found to contain large anharmonic contributions from the soft modes. The soft vibrational motion contributes substantially to the mass enhancement λ.