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
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322434 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Contributors | Chen, Tianwen., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, 6, 87 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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