Physical Review Letters · 1969 · 29 citations · 1 references
Natural SciencesMaterials SciencePhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsMaterials PhysicsSolid State PhysicsDislocation MechanicsDislocation TheoryQuantum TunnelingDislocation DynamicsDislocationsQuantum Mechanical TunnelingQuantum Tunneling DynamicsQuantum Tunneling EffectsTemperature DependenceTemperature Dependence Of TunnelingYield Stress
Measurements of the temperature dependence of the yield stress in tungsten crystals show a temperature-independent region, which is consistent with Gilman's theory of quantum mechanical tunneling of dislocations.
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