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Localisation of the Vibrations of Amorphous
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<span class="cmr-12x-x-120"> Jonathan J. Ludlam</span>
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<span class="cmr-12x-x-120"> Submitted for the degree of</span>
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<span class="cmr-12x-x-120"> at the University of Cambridge</span>
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<span class="cmr-12x-x-120"> Trinity College, Cambridge, UK</span>
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<span class="cmr-12x-x-120"> March 2004</span>
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<a href="thesisli1.xml#x2-1000" id="QQ2-2-1"> Preface</a>
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<a href="thesisli2.xml#x3-2000" id="QQ2-3-2"> Contents</a>
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<a href="thesisli3.xml#x4-3000" id="QQ2-4-3"> List of Figures</a>
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<a href="thesisli7.xml#x8-7000" id="QQ2-8-7"> Acknowledgements</a>
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1
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2
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2.1
<a href="thesisse1.xml#x11-100002.1" id="QQ2-11-13"> Atomic models</a>
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<a href="thesisse2.xml#x13-130002.2" id="QQ2-13-19"> Anderson localisation</a>
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2.4
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3
<a href="thesisch3.xml#x17-240003" id="QQ2-17-41"> Transfer-Matrix Method</a>
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3.1
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3.2
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3.3
<a href="thesisse7.xml#x20-270003.3" id="QQ2-20-45"> F.C.C. Vibrations</a>
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3.4
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3.5
<a href="thesisse9.xml#x22-290003.5" id="QQ2-22-51"> Scaling Analysis</a>
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<a href="thesisch4.xml#x23-300004" id="QQ2-23-57"> Multifractal Analysis</a>
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4.1
<a href="thesisse10.xml#x24-310004.1" id="QQ2-24-58"> Introduction</a>
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4.2
<a href="thesisse11.xml#x25-320004.2" id="QQ2-25-59"> The Multifractal Spectrum</a>
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<a href="thesisse12.xml#x26-350004.3" id="QQ2-26-63"> Vibrational eigenmodes</a>
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5
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5.2
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7.1
<a href="thesisse25.xml#x42-570007.1" id="QQ2-42-147"> Future work</a>
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<a href="thesisli8.xml#x43-580007.1" id="QQ2-43-148">
 Appendix: Derivation of the Transfer Matrix for vibrations in
an f.c.c. lattice
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<a href="thesisli9.xml#x44-590007.1" id="QQ2-44-151"> Bibliography</a>
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