Some comments on the thermodynamics of sonoluminescence--a personal view |
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Authors: | MacIntyre F |
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Affiliation: | ETI, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. ferren.macintyre@ucg.ie |
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Abstract: | The path of the gas in a sonoluminescent bubble must enclose an area in a P-V plot if the gas itself emits photons. Thermodynamic analysis thus delineates the playing field that may enable us to distinguish liquid-phase emissions from gas-phase emissions. The apparent importance of the van der Waals a (which parameterizes mean-square induced dipole attractions) in light intensity supports collision-induced emission as a likely mechanism. The suggested emitting object, containing 10(10) molecules in picosecond-long van der Waals contact, is novel, being neither plasma, gas, liquid nor blackbody. The bubble pursues a unique thermodynamic path. |
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