Phonon interpretation of the 'boson peak' in supercooled liquids

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6929, 2003, Pages 289-292

  Grigera, T S ^a,c,d   Martin Mayor V ^a,d   Parisi, G ^a   Verrocchio, P ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; GLASS; LIQUIDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHONONS;

SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS;

SUPERCOOLING;

GLASS;

LIQUID; SUPERCOOLING;

ARTICLE; COOLING; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; LIQUID; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; VIBRATION;

EID: 0242500823     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01475     Document Type: Article

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