Weakly coupled tunneling systems in mixed crystals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1341071-13410712

  Nalbach, Peter ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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LITHIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BOSON; CRYSTAL; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

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52. z(i) in our investigation the situation might change drastically.