Low-temperature specific heat and thermal conductivity of silica aerogels

T. Sleator, A. Bernasconi, D. Posselt, Jørgen Kjems, H.R. Ott

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    Abstract

    Specific-heat and thermal-conductivity measurements were made on a series of base-catalyzed silica aerogels at temperatures between 0.05 and 20 K. Evidence for a crossover between regimes of characteristically different excitations was observed. The data analysis indicates a "bump" in the density of vibrational states g(omega) at the crossover frequency from phonon to fracton behavior.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume66
    Issue number8
    Pages (from-to)1070-1073
    ISSN0031-9007
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1991

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