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Sonoluminescence:

Boosting Sonoluminescence

Accepted for publication in 1996, this paper describes how a bimodal sound excitation can enhance light production.

http://www.physik.tu-darmstadt.de/~hofu/paper/boosting/main.html

The Casimir Effect: Physical Manifestations of Zero Point Energy

Describes the connection between the Casimir effect and sonoluminescence. Full text in PDF, PS and DVI file formats.

http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9901011

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The Chemical and Physical Effects of Ultrasound

Provides background on how sonoluminescence can be used in chemistry.

http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/suslick/execsummsono.html

Impulse Devices

Developing a Sonofusion power generator which harnesses the energy in sonoluminescence to provide the necessary temperatures for fusion reactions.

http://www.impulsedevices.com/

Physics News Graphics: The Sonoluminescence Process

Provides a four step theory on sonoluminescence.

http://www.aip.org/png/html/sono1.htm

Scientific American: Sonoluminescence

Provides explanation of why it is unlikely that sonoluminescence produces the conditions necessary to initiate or facilitate nuclear fusion, as suggested in the movie "Chain Reaction".

http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=000950E3-6815-1C71-9EB7809EC588F2D7

Single Bubble Sonoluminescence

Provides detailed instructions on how to produce single and multi bubble sonoluminescence.

http://www.physik3.gwdg.de/~rgeisle/nld/sbsl-howto.html

Sonoluminescence

Provides history, properties and theories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoluminescence

Sonoluminescence

Provides diagrams of what sonoluminescence may look like close up.

http://www.aip.org/png/html/sonomed.htm

Sonoluminescence Experiment: Sound Into Light

W.A. Steer's account of his work to construct apparatus to enable the observation of sonoluminescence, to investigate its basic properties, and leave a kit and instructions to form the basis of a future final-year undergraduate experiment.

http://www.techmind.org/sl/

Sonoluminescence in Space at Boston University

Proposes to study sonoluminescence in space and in microgravity.

http://www.bu.edu/paclab/sono/sono.html

Sonoluminescence.com

Maker of sonoluminescence kits. Provides instructions and suggested experiments.

http://www.sonoluminescence.com/

Symposium on Sonoluminescence

Provides abstracts for a symposium held at the University of Chicago in 1997.

http://mrsec.uchicago.edu/meetings/sonoluminescence/