Dynamics of the destruction and rebuilding of a dipole gap in glasses

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Ludwig, S ^a   Nalbach, P ^a   Rosenberg, D ^a   Osheroff, D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ATOMS; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; POLYESTERS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THICK FILMS;

ATOMIC TUNNELING; DIPOLE GAP; DIPOLE-DIPOLE INTERACTION; ENERGY SPLITTING; QUANTUM MECHANICAL TUNNELING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM;

GLASS;

EID: 0038642153     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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