Sonoluminescence: Nature's Smallest BlackBody

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15 September 2000

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.physics/0009057

Abstract

The Spectrum of the light emitted by a sonoluminescing bubble is extremely well fit by the spectrum of a blackbody. Furthermore the radius of emission can be smaller than the wavelength of the light. Consequences, for theories of sonoluminescence are discussed.

Keywords

SONOLUMINESCING BUBBLE
SMALLEST BLACKBODY
NATURE'S SMALLEST
EXTREMELY WELL
WAVELENGTH
WELL FIT
SPECTRUM

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Published version: Optics Letters, 26 (9), 575.

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