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The first direct observation of electric monopole transitions in solids is reported for tetracyanoquinodimethane using an inelastic electron scattering experiment. Good agreement is obtained with a semiempirical self-consistent molecular-orbital calculation which predicts dipole allowed transitions near 3 and 7 eV and optically forbidden monopole transitions near 5 eV. We find an anomalous momentum dependence in the shape of the first dipole transition, possible due to local field effects.
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