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Amorphous Solids

Low-Temperature Properties

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. W. Andrew Phillips

    1. Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Part of the book series: Topics in Current Physics (TCPHY, volume 24)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    • W. A. Phillips
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Vibrational Density of States of Amorphous Semiconductors

    • D. L. Weaire
    Pages 13-26

  4. Low Temperature Specific Heat of Glasses

    • R. O. Pohl
    Pages 27-52

  5. The Thermal Expansion of Glasses

    • W. A. Phillips
    Pages 53-64

  6. Thermal Conductivity

    • A. C. Anderson
    Pages 65-80

  7. Acoustic and Dielectric Properties of Glasses at Low Temperatures

    • S. Hunklinger, M. v. Schickfus
    Pages 81-105

  8. Relaxation Times of Tunneling Systems in Glasses

    • B. Golding, J. E. Graebner
    Pages 107-134

  9. Low Frequency Raman Scattering in Glasses

    • J. Jäckle
    Pages 135-160

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 161-170
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About this book

It is now ten years since it was first convincingly shown that below 1 K the ther­ mal conductivity and the heat capacity of amorphous solids behave in a way which is strikingly different to that of crystalline solids. Since that time there has been a wide variety of experimental and theoretical studies which have not only defined and clarified the low temperature problem more closely, but have also linked these differences between amorphous and crystalline solids to those suggested by older acoustic and thermal experiments (extending up to 100 K). The interest in this somewhat restricted branch of physics lies to a considerable extent in the fact that the differences were so unexpected. It might be thought that as the tempera­ ture, probing frequency, or more generally the energy decreases, a continuum de­ scription in which structural differences between glass and crystal are concealed should become more accurate. In a sense this is true, but it appears that there exists in an amorphous solid a large density of additional excitations which have no counterpart in normal crystals. This book presents a survey of the wide range of experimental investigations of these low energy excitations, together with a re­ view of the various theoretical models put forward to explain their existence and nature.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    W. Andrew Phillips

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Amorphous Solids

  • Book Subtitle: Low-Temperature Properties

  • Editors: W. Andrew Phillips

  • Series Title: Topics in Current Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81534-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-81536-2Published: 21 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-81534-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0342-6793

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 170

  • Topics: Crystallography and Scattering Methods

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