Physics – Condensed Matter – Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Scientific paper
2008-01-31
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 244136 (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
12 pages, 2 figures. Minor modifications, published version
Scientific paper
10.1088/0953-8984/20/24/244136
The form of the low-temperature interactions between defects in neutral glasses is reconsidered. We analyse the case where the defects can be modelled either as simple 2-level tunneling systems, or tunneling rotational impurities. The coupling to strain fields is determined up to 2nd order in the displacement field. It is shown that the linear coupling generates not only the usual $1/r^3$ Ising-like interaction between the rotational tunneling defect modes, which cause them to freeze around a temperature $T_G$, but also a random field term. At lower temperatures the inversion symmetric tunneling modes are still active - however the coupling of these to the frozen rotational modes, now via the 2nd-order coupling to phonons, generates another random field term acting on the inversion symmetric modes (as well as shorter-range $1/r^5$ interactions between them). Detailed expressions for all these couplings are given.
Schechter Moshe
Stamp Philip C. E.
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