Quantum motion of dislocation in single crystals of tin at temperatures near 0.5 K

Authors
Pustovalov, VV Natsik, VD Kirichenko, GI Soldatov, VP Shumilin, SE
Citation
Vv. Pustovalov et al., Quantum motion of dislocation in single crystals of tin at temperatures near 0.5 K, PHYSICA B, 284, 2000, pp. 1253-1254
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICA B
ISSN journal
09214526 → ACNP
Volume
284
Year of publication
2000
Part
2
Pages
1253 - 1254
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4526(200007)284:<1253:QMODIS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A transition from thermally activated to athermal plastic flow in Sn is obs erved in the temperature range near and below 1 K. This low-temperature pla sticity anomaly is a characteristic feature of quantum processes. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.