Theories of classical thermal hopping of a defect
- 21 October 1975
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
- Vol. 8 (20) , L413-L417
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/8/20/002
Abstract
The vineyard and the dynamical theories of classical hopping are tested by comparing their predictions of the hopping rate for a simple hypothetical defect in a crystal with the results of computer simulations. An extension of these theories is proposed.Keywords
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