Phonon -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
- ️Weisstein, Eric W.
A quasiparticle which is a quantized sound wave and which can occur in solids and liquid helium II.
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Weisstein, E. W. "Books about Phonons." http://www.ericweisstein.com/encyclopedias/books/Phonons.html.
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