Slow two-level systems in point contacts

Advances in Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 939-1010

  Halbritter, A ^a   Borda, L ^a,b   Zawadowski, A ^a,c  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHONONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; FERMI'S GOLDEN RULE; TWO-CHANNEL KONDO MODEL; TWO-LEVEL SYSTEMS (TLS);

POINT CONTACTS;

EID: 11344258987     PISSN: 00018732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00018730412331324981     Document Type: Article

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