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Phys. Rev. Lett. 39, 554–557 (1977)

Anomalous Thermal Properties of Glasses

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W. H. Tanttila
Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309

Received 28 January 1977; published in the issue dated 29 August 1977

Experiments have shown that glasses, at low temperatures, possess an anomalous specific heat above that due to the lattice vibrations. Using two parameters I fit the contribution of a new excitation to the experimental specific-heat data. An experiment to test the theory is suggested.

© 1977 The American Physical Society

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.39.554
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