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Problem: Debye Frequency

      A monoatomic, cubic material has lattice spacing of a. The sound velocity for longitudinal and transverse phonons is approximately equal, tex2html_wrap_inline5831 , is isotropic, and the highest phonon frequency is tex2html_wrap_inline5833 . What is the Debye frequency?

 

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Laszlo Mihaly
Thu Oct 31 13:23:11 EST 1996

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