Abstract
The discovery of single-bubble sonoluminescence [Gaitan and Crum, 1990] has lead to several interesting and remarkable observations [Barber and Putterman, 1991]. Among these are picosecond-length light flashes and a level of syncronicity several orders of magnitude greater than the period of the applied acoustic field. Although new and unique observations concerning this phenomenon are being rapidly reported, an adequate explanation for the physical mechanisms that give rise to single-bubble sonoluminescence has never been given. We present here evidence that this phenomenon arises from nonlinear aspects of bubble dynamics coupled with the process of rectified diffusion. Our results suggest the presence of multiple stability locations that depend upon the driving acoustic pressure and the equilibrium size of the bubble.
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Crum, L.A., Cordry, S. (1994). Single-bubble sonoluminescence. In: Blake, J.R., Boulton-Stone, J.M., Thomas, N.H. (eds) Bubble Dynamics and Interface Phenomena. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0938-3_27
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