"Tunneling two-level systems" model of the low-temperature properties of glasses: Are "smoking-gun" tests possible?

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 12966-12971

  Leggett, Anthony J ^a   Vural, Dervis C ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES;

AMORPHOUS SOLIDS; TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84886697383     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402222g     Document Type: Article

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