Abstract
Sound driven gas bubbles in water can emit light. This phenomenon is called sonoluminescence (SL). Two types of questions arise: 1. What is the origin of the light? and 2. When does SL occur? Whereas the first question is still not completely answered, the second question could be resolved within the hydrodynamical/chemical approach towards sonoluminescence we elaborated in the last three years. For SL to occur, the bubble collapse has to be violent enough to ensure energy transfer from the fluid to the gas in the bubble. Moreover, three kinds of instabilities have to be considered: (i) The bubble has to be shape stable. (ii) Diffusive stability distinguishes between unstable and stable SL. (iii) Chemical stability, i.e., molecular gases dissociate, react to water soluble gases and only inert gases remain within the bubble. Our results resolve various experimental paradoxes and quantitatively account for many measurements.
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Lohse, D., Hilgenfeldt, S. (1999). Sonoluminescence: When bubbles glow. In: Kramer, B. (eds) Advances in Solid State Physics 38. Advances in Solid State Physics, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0107620
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