From Coherent Tunneling to Relaxation is an impressive review of ten years of progress in our understanding of interacting tunneling systems. The dielectric and elastic response of (111) off-center impurities in alkalide halides is investigated in detail and the coherent motion of an impurity pair is discussed in view of recently observed rotary echoes. The low-temperature properties of defect crystals with an impurity concentration higher than 100 ppm are reviewed and the dipolar interaction is shown to drive the cross-over to relaxational dynamics. This comprehensive presentation of the theory is illustrated by experimental data for lithium, cyanide, and hydroxyl impurities in various host crystals. This monograph is an ideal reference book for scientists working with defect crystals and glasses

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Book Title: From Coherent Tunneling to Relaxation
Book Subtitle: Dissipative Quantum Dynamics of Interacting Defects
Authors: Alois Würger
Series Title: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0109194
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-14830-3Published: 03 October 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68531-9Published: 28 September 2007
Series ISSN: 0081-3869
Series E-ISSN: 1615-0430
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 215
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Acoustics, Thermodynamics

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