Mechanism for singular behavior in vibrational spectra of topologically disordered systems: Short-range attractions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 20, 2005, Pages

  Wu, Ten Ming ^a   Chang, S L ^a,b   Tsai, K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PENGHU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MODES; DISORDERED SYSTEMS; PHONON SPECTRA; VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FREQUENCIES; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHONONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 20844450974     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1900726     Document Type: Article

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