Phonon

A phonon is a bosonic quantum of a crystal's normal modes. Because phonon number is not conserved in thermal equilibrium, its chemical potential is zero.

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- Phonon dispersion relation Phonon 41 1
  - Density of states for a two-dimensional power-law phonon dispersion Phonon dispersion relation 18
- Debye model Phonon 92 3
  - Debye frequency Debye model 30 1
    - Debye temperature Debye frequency 6
  - Two-dimensional power-law Debye model Debye model 33

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