Rayleigh scattering, long-time tails, and the harmonic spectrum of topologically disordered systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Ganter, Carl ^a   Schirmacher, Walter ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 77957593175     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.094205     Document Type: Article

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