On the analysis of the vibrational Boson peak and low-energy excitations in glasses

Details On the analysis of the vibrational Boson peak and low-energy excitations in glasses On the analysis of the vibrational Boson peak and low-energy excitations in glasses

2006-02-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0602148v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

To appear in J. Non-Cryst. Solids (Proceedings of the 5th IDMRCS, Lille, July 2005)

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2006.02.164

Implications of reduction procedures applied to the low energy part of the vibrational density of states in glasses and supercooled liquids are considered by advancing a detailed comparison between the excess - over the Debye limit - vibrational density of states g(w) and the frequency-reduced representation g(w)/w^2 usually referred to as the Boson peak. Analyzing representative experimental data from inelastic neutron and Raman scattering we show that reduction procedures distort to a great extent the otherwise symmetric excess density of states. The frequency of the maximum and the intensity of the excess experience dramatic changes; the former is reduced while the latter increases. The frequency and the intensity of the Boson peak are also sensitive to the distribution of the excess. In the light of the critical appraisal between the two forms of the density of states (i.e. the excess and the frequency-reduced one) we discuss changes of the Boson peak spectral features that are induced under the presence of external stimuli such as temperature (quenching rate, annealing), pressure, and irradiation. The majority of the Boson peak changes induced by the presence of those stimuli can be reasonably traced back to simple and expected modifications of the excess density of states and can be quite satisfactorily accounted for the Euclidean random matrix theory. Parallels to the heat capacity Boson peak are also briefly discussed.

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