Tunneling Systems in Amorphous and Crystalline Solids

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIII

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2. Introduction

   • Pablo Esquinazi

   Pages 1-7

3. Heat Release in Solids

   • Andreas Nittke, Sven Sahling, Pablo Esquinazi

   Pages 9-56

4. Crossover to Phonon-Assisted Tunneling in Insulators and Metals

   • Alois Würger

   Pages 57-143

5. Influence of Tunneling Systems on the Acoustic Properties of Disordered Solids

   • Pablo Esquinazi, Reinhard König

   Pages 145-222

6. Interactions Between Tunneling Defects in Amorphous Solids

   • Alexander L. Burin, Douglas Natelson, Douglas D. Osheroff, Yuri Kagan

   Pages 223-315

7. Investigation of Tunneling Dynamics by Optical Hole-Burning Spectroscopy

   • Hans Maier, Boris Kharlamov, Dietrich Haarer

   Pages 317-387

8. Tunneling of H and D in Metals and Semiconductors

   • Gaetano Cannelli, Rosario Cantelli, Francesco Cordero, Francesco Trequattrini

   Pages 389-458

9. Microscopic View of the Low-Temperature Anomalies in Glasses

   • Andreas Heuer

   Pages 459-525

10. Beyond the Standard Tunneling Model: The Soft-Potential Model

    • Miguel A. Ramos, Ulrich Buchenau

    Pages 527-569

11. Back Matter

    Pages 571-600

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The aim of this book is to provide a wealth of information on the influence of quantum-tunneling systems on the low-temperature properties of solids. The nineteen contributors of this book review thermodynamic, acoustic, dielectric and optical properties of amorphous and crystalline solids in eight chapters. The newest experiments on long-time spectral diffusion and heat release, electric field and strain effects, as well as nonequilibrium phenomena are thoroughly discussed. Several theoretical contributions provide an overview of the most original ideas and theoretical methods used nowadays to understand the nature and dynamics oftunneling systems in solids and their interactions. The book provides full description on the experimental and theoretical details of the relevant experiments and theories. Within the broad spectrum of properties that are related to the contribu­ tion of tunneling systems, I have selected special topics which will be of value for experienced as well as graduate students working on low-temperature re­ search. Most of the chapters serve as useful introductory surveys, since they are not too specialized. I wish to express my thanks to the following colleagues for their impor­ tant comments on several chapters of this book: Ansel C. Anderson, Guy Bellessa, Dimitri Parshin, Roman Personov, Robert Silbey, James Skinner, Ulrich Weiss, and Helmut Wipf. I would like to thank Mrs. Annette Setzer for her help with the reference list, as well as to the co-workers at the De­ partment of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Universitiit Leipzig, for their support.

• Diffusion
• Semiconductor
• Superconductor
• amorphus and disordered solids
• crystal
• low temperature properties of solids
• spectroscopy
• tunneling model
• tunneling of light atoms
• tunneling system

• Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften Abteilung Supraleitung und Magnetismus, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

  Pablo Esquinazi

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