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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references.

by Cheng Hong Yung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-93). / Text in English; abstract also in Chinese. / by Cheng Hong Yung. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction to sonoluminescence --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Motion of a bubble in liquid --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Trapping the bubble --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Motion of the bubble wall --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- Calculation and discussion --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Factors affecting the bubble's motion --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- More on Bjerknes force --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4 --- Chapter summary --- p.18 / Chapter 3 --- Effect of mass diffusion on the bubble --- p.19 / Chapter 3.1 --- Mass diffusion across the bubble wall --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2 --- Results and discussion --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3 --- The role of noble gases in SL --- p.28 / Chapter 3.4 --- Chapter summary --- p.29 / Chapter 4 --- Hydro dynamics of an SL bubble --- p.30 / Chapter 4.1 --- Hydrodynamic model --- p.33 / Chapter 4.2 --- Navier-Stoke and Euler equations --- p.35 / Chapter 4.3 --- "Equation, of state of the gas in the bubble" --- p.37 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Equation of state of air --- p.37 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Equation of state of argon --- p.39 / Chapter 4.4 --- Energy equation of the liquid --- p.40 / Chapter 4.5 --- Boundary conditions for the problem --- p.41 / Chapter 4.6 --- Motion of the bubble wall --- p.42 / Chapter 4.7 --- Equation for the power radiated by the bubble --- p.43 / Chapter 4.8 --- Numerical methods --- p.44 / Chapter 4.9 --- Chapter summary --- p.45 / Chapter 5 --- Physical parameters affecting SL --- p.46 / Chapter 5.1 --- Effect of liquid compressibility --- p.47 / Chapter 5.2 --- Effect of thermal conduction across the bubble wall --- p.58 / Chapter 5.3 --- Effect of surface tension --- p.61 / Chapter 5.4 --- Effects of the EOS's --- p.65 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Effect on air --- p.55 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Effect on argon --- p.53 / Chapter 5.5 --- Effects of the bubble gas content --- p.72 / Chapter 5.6 --- Existence of shock-free picosecond pulse --- p.73 / Chapter 5.7 --- Chapter summary --- p.78 / Chapter 6 --- Summary --- p.80 / Chapter A --- Numerical schemes for the energy equation in the liquid --- p.82 / Chapter B --- Numerical schemes for the gas dynamics --- p.84 / Chapter B.l --- The predictor-corrector method --- p.84 / Chapter B.2 --- The TVD scheme --- p.85

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, School of Chemistry, 1999. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 2005. / Vita. Thesis advisor: Gerald J. Diebold. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-139). Also available online.

Ho Chun Yan = 電離對單泡聲致發光的影響 / 何俊恩. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [90]-93). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / Ho Chun Yan = Dian li dui dan pao sheng zhi fa guang de ying xiang / He Junen. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / Contents --- p.iii / List of Figures --- p.vii / List of Tables --- p.xii / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Hydro dynamical Framework --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Bubble wall motion --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Navier-Stokes equations --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3 --- Energy equation in water --- p.11 / Chapter 2.4 --- Boundary condition --- p.12 / Chapter 2.5 --- Equation of state of the gas in the bubble --- p.13 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Hard-core van der Waals EOS --- p.13 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Young's EOS --- p.14 / Chapter 2.6 --- Numerical method --- p.14 / Chapter 2.7 --- Numerical results and discussion --- p.15 / Chapter 2.8 --- Chapter summary --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Equilibrium Approach --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1 --- Saha equation --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2 --- Equation of state (EOS) --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3 --- Numerical method --- p.23 / Chapter 3.4 --- Numerical results --- p.23 / Chapter 3.5 --- Chapter summary --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Reaction Rates Approach --- p.29 / Chapter 4.1 --- Conservation equations --- p.30 / Chapter 4.2 --- Ionization and recombination processes --- p.32 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Collisional ionization --- p.32 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Radiative recombination --- p.33 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Three-body recombination --- p.34 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Consistency with Saha equation --- p.34 / Chapter 4.3 --- Equation of state --- p.35 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Modified Van der Waals EOS --- p.35 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Modified Young's EOS --- p.36 / Chapter 4.4 --- Numerical method --- p.37 / Chapter 4.5 --- Numerical results --- p.38 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Effect of ionization on hydrodynamic variables --- p.38 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Time variation of temperature --- p.40 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Near the upper threshold of SBSL --- p.41 / Chapter 4.5.4 --- Onset of SBSL --- p.44 / Chapter 4.5.5 --- Effect of EOS --- p.46 / Chapter 4.5.6 --- Effect of physical parameters --- p.51 / Chapter 4.6 --- Chapter summary --- p.56 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Emitted Radiation --- p.57 / Chapter 5.1 --- Bremsstrahlung emission --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Numerical results --- p.60 / Chapter 5.2 --- Simple blackbody radiation model --- p.63 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Planck's law --- p.63 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Calculated pulse width and spectrum --- p.64 / Chapter 5.3 --- Blackbody radiation with finite opacity --- p.68 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Photon absorption --- p.68 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Importance of photon absorption --- p.70 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- The refined model --- p.72 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Pulse width and spectrum in the refined model --- p.73 / Chapter 5.4 --- Chapter summary --- p.80 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Summary --- p.81 / Appendix A. Hydrodynamics of an SL Bubble --- p.83 / Chapter A.1 --- The normal viscous stress and heat conductivity --- p.83 / Chapter A.2 --- Transformation of Navier-Stoke equations --- p.83 / Chapter A.3 --- Transformation of the energy equation of liquid --- p.84 / Appendix B. Numerical Scheme for the gas dynamics with ionization --- p.85 / Chapter B.1 --- Finite difference equation --- p.85 / Chapter B.2 --- The TVD scheme --- p.86 / Bibliography --- p.90

by Chen Tian Wen. / Thesis submitted in: December 1998. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-87). / Text in English; abstract also in Chinese. / by Chen Tian Wen. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation of the Studies --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Structure of this Thesis --- p.2 / Chapter 2 --- A Brief Review on Sonoluminescence --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- History of SL --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- Experimental conditions and observations --- p.3 / Chapter 2.3 --- Theoretical results --- p.6 / Chapter 3 --- Normal Modes of EM Fields in Spherical Geometry --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1 --- Maxwell's Equations in Vacuum --- p.12 / Chapter 3.2 --- Normal Modes in Spherical Geometry --- p.13 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Normal Modes in Homogeneous Dielectric Medium --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- A Dielectric Sphere Embedded in an Ambient Dielelctric Medium --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Generalization to Layered Spheres --- p.18 / Chapter 4 --- Quantization of EM field and Field-atom Interaction --- p.21 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.21 / Chapter 4.2 --- Quantization of the EM fields --- p.22 / Chapter 4.3 --- Physical Interpretations --- p.24 / Chapter 4.4 --- Dipole Transition Rate in a Dielectric Medium --- p.26 / Chapter 4.5 --- Radiation rate of a dipole inside and outside a homogeneous sphere --- p.28 / Chapter 4.6 --- Summary --- p.45 / Chapter 5 --- SL Models as Layered Spheres --- p.49 / Chapter 5.1 --- Motivation of the Layered Sphere Model --- p.49 / Chapter 5.2 --- A small core and a thick outer layer --- p.50 / Chapter 5.3 --- A large core and a thin outer layer --- p.62 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary --- p.68 / Chapter 6 --- Realistic Model from Numerical Hydro dynamic simulations --- p.70 / Chapter 6.1 --- The Model --- p.70 / Chapter 6.2 --- Results from Numerical Simulations --- p.73 / Chapter 6.3 --- Summary --- p.79 / Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.81

Tse Wang Kong = 單泡聲致發光的熱輻射 / 謝宏岡. / Thesis submitted in: July 2003. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-114). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / Tse Wang Kong = Dan pao sheng zhi fa guang de re fu she / Xie Honggang. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- General review of sonoluminescence --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Thermal light emission models --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Motivation and structure of this thesis --- p.7 / Chapter 2 --- "Bubble-wall Dynamics, Hydrodynamics and Ionization" --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1 --- Uniform bubble model --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Bubble-wall dynamics --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Equation of state of the gas --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Temperature dynamics --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Ionization --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- Computational fluid mechanics model --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Bubble-wall dynamics --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Hydrodynamics of the gas --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Equation of State of the gas --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Energy equation in the liquid --- p.17 / Chapter 3 --- Thermal Radiation --- p.18 / Chapter 3.1 --- Thermal electromagnetic fields --- p.20 / Chapter 3.2 --- Generalized Kirchhoff's law --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3 --- Thermal radiation from an absorbing object --- p.24 / Chapter 3.4 --- Application to a slab --- p.26 / Chapter 3.5 --- Application to a multilayered configuration --- p.29 / Chapter 4 --- Absorption in a Multilayered Dielectric Sphere --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1 --- Absorption cross-section for weakly absorbing sphere --- p.31 / Chapter 4.2 --- Absorption cross-section for strongly absorbing sphere --- p.33 / Chapter 4.3 --- Transfer matrix method --- p.33 / Chapter 4.4 --- Calculation of the absorption cross-section --- p.39 / Chapter 5 --- Collision Processes in a SL Bubble --- p.40 / Chapter 5.1 --- Electron-ion Bremsstrahlung --- p.41 / Chapter 5.2 --- Electron-ion Recombination --- p.43 / Chapter 5.3 --- Electron-atom Bremsstrahlung --- p.43 / Chapter 5.4 --- Effective Collision Frequency for a Maxwellian Plasma --- p.44 / Chapter 6 --- Light Emission Models for a Sonoluminescing Bubble --- p.47 / Chapter 6.1 --- The geometric optics model --- p.47 / Chapter 6.2 --- The wave optics model --- p.48 / Chapter 7 --- Thermal radiation from sonoluminescing bubbles --- p.50 / Chapter 8 --- Effect of the light emission model --- p.53 / Chapter 9 --- A more sophisticated model for collision processes --- p.58 / Chapter 10 --- Effect of bubble temperature and water temperature --- p.65 / Chapter 10.1 --- Effect of bubble temperature --- p.65 / Chapter 10.2 --- Effect of water temperature --- p.68 / Chapter 11 --- A more sophisticated hydro dynamic model --- p.70 / Chapter 12 --- Degree of Strong Coupling and Summary --- p.94 / Chapter 13 --- Conclusion --- p.98 / Chapter 13.1 --- Summary --- p.98 / Chapter 13.2 --- Suggestions for future work --- p.101 / Chapter A --- Proof of the Reciprocity Theorem --- p.103 / Chapter B --- Vector Spherical Harmonics --- p.105 / Chapter C --- Collision frequencies and absorption coefficients --- p.107 / Bibliography --- p.110