Nanoscale density fluctuations in swift heavy ion irradiated amorphous SiO2
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amorphous SiO2 P. Kluth, O. H. Pakarinen, F. Djurabekova, R. Giulian, M. C. Ridgway, A. P. Byrne, and K. Nordlund Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Department of Physics and Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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