Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 42, Numéro C6, Décembre 1981
International Conference on Phonon Physics
Page(s) C6-161 - C6-163
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1981649
International Conference on Phonon Physics

J. Phys. Colloques 42 (1981) C6-161-C6-163

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1981649

LIFETIMES OF HIGH FREQUENCY PHONONS

M. Lax1, 2, V. Narayanamurti1, P. Hu1 et W. Weber1, 3

1  Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J. 07974, U.S.A.
2  Physics Dept., City College of New York, New York 10031
3  Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, FRG, Inst. f. Angew. Kernphys. I


Abstract
We discuss the inhibition of anharmonic spontaneous multiphonon decay by energy-momentum conservation and the reduction of isotope scattering by the sharing of ionic motion to permit a frequency window for long-lived transverse acoustic phonons.