Two-level systems and boson peak remain stable in 110-million-year-old amber glass

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2014, Pages

  Pérez Castañeda, Tomás ^a   Jiménez Riobóo, Rafael J ^b   Ramos, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER; BOSONS; GLASS TRANSITION;

BOSON PEAKS; LOW TEMPERATURES; TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES; VIBRATIONAL DENSITY OF STATE;

GLASS;

EID: 84899121653     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.165901     Document Type: Article

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