ANOMALOUS STATES IN METALLIC ALLOYS INDUCED BY IRRADIATION

Anomalous states of metallic alloys irradiated by ions are found. The states have unusual features, namely: they are heterogeneous although they appear in a homogeneous equilibrium structure within a narrow ran ge of external parameters; they are accompanied by spatial ordering at different size levels (hierarchy of structures); a nonmonotonous depe ndence on external flux density is observed; the states are accompanie d by large changes in the material properties. The features enumerated permit us to identity the states as structures typical of open system s in the field of parameters remote from equilibrium.