Evidence for a superglass state in solid 4He

Science

Volumn 324, Issue 5927, 2009, Pages 632-636

  Hunt, B ^a   Pratt, E ^a   Gadagkar, V ^a   Yamashita, M ^a,b   Balatsky, A V ^c   Davis, J C ^a,d  

^a Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; HELIUM;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; HELIUM; RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 65549111003     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1169512     Document Type: Article

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