Understanding sonoluminescence / Thomas Brennan

Author: Brennan, Thomas (Physicist)
Published: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2016]
Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2016]
Physical Description: 1 electronic document (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).
Additional Creators: Morgan & Claypool Publishers and Institute of Physics (Great Britain)

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Contents

Preface -- 1. Introduction, 2. A new look at the timing of sonoluminescence -- 2.1. Previous studies -- 2.2. The quantum resolution limit -- 2.3. Results : better resolution, cleaner single-shot traces -- 2.4. Modelling bubble dynamics, 3. The quantum theory of sound -- 3.1. The quantum theory of sound, 4. A new theory of sonoluminescence : it's cold -- 4.1. The excited condensate, 5. A related phenomenon : nuclear discharge of cold atomic clusters -- 6. More related phenomena -- 6.1. LENR and the Fleischmann-Pons effect -- 6.2. Sonofusion experiments -- 6.3. Cold fog explosions--another related phenomenon, and 7. Lightning is cold fusion -- 7.1. Ball lightning--the condensate unshrouded -- 8. Suggestions for a future experiment--the lightning machine -- 9. Conclusion -- 10. More bubble traces.

Summary

Sonoluminescence is the transformation of sound into light. To most who know how to do sonoluminescence, it's just a little glowing bubble levitating in a flask of water. But it holds some surprises that have been overlooked. This book looks to reform our scientific understanding of sonoluminescence and explore the practical applications as an energy source.

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9781681743653 ebook
9781681743677 mobi
9781681743646 print

Audience Notes

Physics, advanced general audience interested in phenomenon, fusion.

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"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso.
"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Also available in print.

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Biographical or Historical Sketch

Thomas Brennan is a professor of physics at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, where he's taught physics and astronomy since 2014. He completed his PhD thesis on the topic of sonoluminescence in 2009 at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He also received a BA in Physics from the University of Chicago and an MS in Physics from UCLA. His research interests include both experimental and mathematical physics as well as astronomy.

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