Download or read book Physical Acoustics in the Solid State written by Bruno Lüthi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-14 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical Acoustics in the Solid State reviews the modern aspects in the field, including many experimental results, especially those involving ultrasonics. It covers practically all fields of solid-state physics. After a review of the relevant experimental techniques and an introduction to the theory of elasticity, the book details applications in the various fields of condensed matter physics.