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The effects of phase modulation of a charge-density wave on its collective-mode spectrum are computed. The spectrum consists of two branches, a branch of collective modes of the discommensuration lattice and a phason branch which is continuous at the lock-in phase transition.
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W. L. McMillan (1977) studied this question.
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