Observation of the Boson peak at the surface of vitreous silica

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Steurer, W ^a   Apfolter, A ^a   Koch, M ^a   Ernst, W E ^a   Holst, B ^a,d   Sondergard E ^b   Manson, J R ^c  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBYE TEMPERATURE; HELIUM; SILICA; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

BOSON PEAKS; DEBYE MODELS; HELIUM ATOM SCATTERING; TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTRA;

BOSONS;

EID: 34547406232     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.035503     Document Type: Article

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