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Despite the presence of topological disorder, phonons seem to exist also in glasses at very high frequencies (THz) and they remarkably persist into the supercooled liquid. A universal feature of such a systems is the Boson peak, an excess…
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We have performed polarized Raman scattering measurements on the newly discovered superconductor Nd(O,F)BiS$_2$ ($T_c = 4$ K). We observe 2 Raman active modes, with frequencies in accordance with first-principles calculations. One A$_{1g}$…
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Topological phonons in crystalline materials have been attracting great interest. However, most cases studied so far are direct generalizations of the topological states from electronic systems. Here, we reveal a novel class of topological…