On the role of quasi-localized soft-mode vibrations in the boson peak and quasi-elastic scattering in glasses

M. I. Klinger, V. Halpern

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Abstract

It is argued that the contribution of quasi-localized ID soft-mode vibrational excitations to the photon (neutron) quasi-elastic scattering (QES) correlated with the boson peak in glasses can be considerable, as well as the earlier revealed contribution of acoustic phonons is. The main points are that only anharmonic coupling of the 1D soft mode with acoustic modes can give rise to this kind of QES and, at least for direct cubic anharmonic coupling, the coupling coefficient in a glass is finite.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)379-385
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume256
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Jun 1999

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