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- Boson peak and its relation to acoustic attenuation in glasses hal link

Auteur(s): Ruffle B., Parshin D. a., Courtens E., Vacher R.

(Article) Publié: Physical Review Letters, vol. 100 p.015501 (2008)


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Résumé:

Experimental results on the density of states and on the acoustic modes of glasses in the THz region are compared to the predictions of two categories of models. A recent one, solely based on an elastic instability, does not account for most observations. Good agreement without adjustable parameters is obtained with models including the existence of nonacoustic vibrational modes at THz frequency, providing in many cases a comprehensive picture for a range of glass anomalies.