nLab phonon

Idea

By phonons one refers to the quanta of sound? waves in condensed matter, such as in a crystal.

Compare to photons, which are the quanta of light waves.

Related concepts

• phononic crystal

References

See also:

• Wikipedia, Phonon

On holographic description of phonon gases in non-merallic crystals:

• Xiangqing Kong, Tao Wang, Liu Zhao, High temperature AdS black holes are low temperature quantum phonon gases [arXiv:2209.12230]