Physical Acoustics V12

ContributorsPreface1 The Anomalous Elastic Properties of Materials Undergoing Cooperative Jahn-Teller Phase Transitions I. Introduction II. The Jahn-Teller Effect III. Theory of Elastic Properties of Cooperative Jahn-Teller Systems IV. Application to Rare Earth Crystals V. Transition Metal Ion Compounds VI. Summary References2 Superconducting Tunneling Junctions as Phonon Generators and Detectors I. Introduction II. Basic Aspects of Phonon Generation and Detection by Single-Particle Tunneling in Superconductors III. Basic Experiments IV. Quantitative Phonon Detection Model V. Phonon Emission Spectra VI. Applications VII. Further Applications and Final Remarks References3 Ultrasonic Properties of Glasses at Low Temperatures I. Introduction II. Microscopic Structure of Glasses III. Ultrasonic Properties of Glasses above Helium Temperature IV. Anomalous Acoustic and Thermal Behavior of Glasses below Helium Temperature V. Phenomenological Explanation of the Low-Temperature Behavior VI. Microscopic Model VII. Conclusion References4 Acoustical Response of Submerged Elastic Structures Obtained through Integral Transforms I. Introduction II. Normal-Mode Solution of the Pulse Problem III. Experiments and Numerical Mode Calculations IV. Watson-Sommerfeld Transform V. Geophysical and Materials-Testing Problems References Note Added in Proof5 Ultrasonic Velocity and Attenuation: Measurement Methods with Scientific and Industrial Applications I. Introduction II. Velocity III. Absolute Accuracy of the Pulse-Echo-Overlap Method and the Pulse Superposition Method for Ultrasonic Velocity IV. Attenuation V. Industrial Applications VI. Summary References BibliographyAuthor IndexSubject IndexContents of Previous Volumes