Lukol Directory: Science: Technology: Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration: Ultrasound: Sonoluminescence

Casimir Effect: Physical Manifestations of Zero-Point Energy
Zero-point fluctuations in quantum fields give rise to observable forces between material bodies, the so-called Casimir forces.These lectures present the theory of the Casimir effect, primarily formulated in terms of Green's functions.
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9901011

Sonoluminescence: an Introduction
Answers to questions "What is sonoluminescence?", "Why is it so interesting?" and "What do we know about it?"
http://www-phys.llnl.gov/N_Div/sonolum/

The Chemical and Physical Effects of Ultrasound
Provides background on how sonoluminescence can be used in chemistry.
http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/suslick/execsummso...

Sonoluminescence
Short discussion on the radius of a bubble undergoing sonoluminescence as a function of time.
http://focus.hut.fi/annrep/1996/node33.htm...

Symposium on Sonoluminescence
Provides abstracts for a symposium held at the University of Chicago in 1997.
http://mrsec.uchicago.edu/meetings/sonolum...

Direct Observations of Single Sonoluminescence Pulses
To investigate the physical processes underlying the phenomenon of sonoluminescence, researchers attempted to measure the diameter and duration of single sonoluminescence flashes.
http://www-phys.llnl.gov/N_Div/sonolum/son...

Impulse Devices
Developing a Sonofusion power generator which harnesses the energy in sonoluminescence to provide the necessary temperatures for fusion reactions.
http://www.impulsedevices.com/

Single Bubble Sonoluminescence
Provides detailed instructions on how to produce single and multi bubble sonoluminescence.
http://www.physik3.gwdg.de/~rgeisle/nld/sb...

Physics News Graphics: The Sonoluminescence Process
Provides a four step theory on sonoluminescence.
http://www.aip.org/png/html/sono1.htm

Sonoluminescence
By Chris Petersen. Provides history, overview and specifics of his experiment.
http://members.aol.com/cpeter2001/science2...

Scientific American: Sonoluminescence
Provides explaination of why it is unlikely that sonoluminescence produces the conditions necessary to initiate or facilitate nuclear fusion, as suggested in the movie "Chain Reaction"?
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cf...

Boosting Sonoluminescence
Accepted for publication in 1996, this paper describes how a bimodal sound excitation can enhance light production.
http://www.physik.tu-darmstadt.de/~hofu/pa...

Sonoluminescence
Provides history, properties and theories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoluminesce...

Sonoluminescence.com
Maker of sonoluminescence kits. Provides instructions and suggested experiments.
http://www.sonoluminescence.com/

Sonoluminescence and Medical Ultrasound
Provides diagrams of what sonoluminescence may look like close up.
http://www.aip.org/png/html/sonomed.htm

Sonoluminescence Experiment: Sound Into Light
W.A. Steer's account of his work to construct apparatus to enable the observation of sonoluminescence, to investigate its basic properties, and leave a kit and instructions to form the basis of a future final-year undergraduate experiment.
http://www.techmind.org/sl/

Sonoluminescence in Space at Boston University
Proposes to study sonoluminescence in space and in microgravity.
http://www.bu.edu/paclab/sono/sono.html





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