Tunneling Systems in Amorphous and Crystalline Solids

The book provides a full description of experimental and theoretical details and the latest theories, being comprehensive in discussion and presentation. Although it does not review all low-temperature properties and theoretical models it provides graduate students and researchers with a wealth of information on the influence and dynamics of tunneling systems in different solids.

Several theoretical contributions provide an overview of the latest original ideas and theoretical methods used to understand the nature and dynamics of tunneling systems in solids. Although the chapters point out the direction research is currently taking, the expectations and implications, they serve as useful introductory surveys, since they are not too specialized.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Heat Release in Solids.- 3. Crossover to Phonon-Assisted Tunneling in Insulators and Metals.- 4. Influence of Tunneling Systems on the Acoustic Properties of Disordered Solids.- 5. Interactions Between Tunneling Defects in Amorphous Solids.- 6. Investigation of Tunneling Dynamics by Optical Hole-Burning Spectroscopy.- 7. Tunneling of H and D in Metals and Semiconductors.- 8. Microscopic View of the Low-Temperature Anomalies in Glasses.- 9. Beyond the Standard Tunneling Model: The Soft-Potential Model.- References.