Direct spectroscopic information on the frequency and temperature dependences of acoustic-phonon damping in vitreous silica is reconsidered. It points to the essential role played by Rayleigh scattering of the phonons, in quantitative agreement with thermal properties at low temperatures. A picture is proposed that consistently unifies thermal properties with all the available spectroscopic results.
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