Quantum kinks and the growth resistance of atomically rough ^{4}He crystals
- 19 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 64 (8) , 902-905
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.64.902
Abstract
Mobile interacting quantum-mechanical kinks of very low mass explain the roton contribution to the growth resistance and the thermal phonon transmission coefficient of the rough surface of crystals.
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