Nature of the short wavelength excitations in vitreous silica: An X-ray Brillouin scattering study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2136-2139

  Pilla, O ^a   Cunsolo, A ^b   Fontana, A ^a   Masciovecchio, C ^c   Monaco, G ^d   Montagna, M ^a   Ruocco, G ^e   Scopigno, T ^a   Sette, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY SCATTERING;

BOSON PEAK (BP) ENERGY; BRILLOUIN PEAKS; DYNAMICAL STRUCTURE FACTORS;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 0034274343     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2136     Document Type: Article

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