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arxiv: cond-mat/9808024 · v1 · submitted 1998-08-03 · ❄️ cond-mat

Universal correlations in vibrational spectra of complex crystals

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keywords complexcorrelationscrystalcelldisorderedstatisticsunitblock
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We study spectral statistics of lattice modes in a disordered crystal and in a crystal with a complex unit cell. The correlations of the eigenmode frequencies of a block of a disordered solid is found to obey the GOE Wigner-Dyson statistics. In contrast, the set of eigenfrequencies of a crystal with a complex unit cell taken at the same point ${\bf Q}\not=0$ in the Brillouin zone exhibit correlations specific to the GUE universality class.

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