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On the theory of Boson peak in glasses

V. L. Gurevich1, D. A. Parshin2, and H. R. Schober3
A. F. Ioffe Institute,Saint Petersburg, Russia1
Saint Petersburg State Technical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia 2
Institute IFF-Theory III3
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A universal mechanism of the Boson peak formation in glasses is proposed. The mechanism is based on the concept of interacting quasi-local oscillators. Even in the case of weak interaction the low-frequency spectrum becomes unstable. Due to anharmonicity the system undergoes a transition into a new stable configuration. Below some characteristic frequency the renormalized density of states becomes a universal function of w with a Boson peak feature, i.e. the reduced density of states g(W)/W**2 has a maximum at a frequency Wb << Wc. We derive an analytical form of this function.


 

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