The relaxation of phonons

11 June 1973

journal article
Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics

Vol. 6 (11) , 1863-1869
https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/6/11/012

Abstract

The nature of the eigenvectors of the phonon-phonon interaction matrix is discussed. It is suggested that half of the eigenvectors can be expressed in terms of states of even and odd parity.

Keywords

EIGENVECTORS
ODD PARITY
PHONON INTERACTION
PHONON PHONON
PHONONS THE NATURE
MATRIX
RELAXATION OF PHONONS

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