Mean free path of high-frequency acoustic excitations in glasses with application to vitreous silica

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages R481-R484

  Vacher, René ^a   Pelous, Jacques ^a   Courtens, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

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EID: 0000443412     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.R481     Document Type: Article

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