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A continuum approach to the second-sound effect

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Standard techniques of continuum mechanics are used to describe the flow of certain microscopic excitations which are believed to give rise to the second-sound phenomena in some materials at low temperatures. Appropriate balance laws are formulated, and constitutive equations for an elastic solid are postulated. The propagation of small-amplitude second-sound waves is discussed and the results compared with those predicted by the theory of Lord and Shulman [1].

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    R. J. Atkin, N. Fox & M. W. Vasey

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Atkin, R.J., Fox, N. & Vasey, M.W. A continuum approach to the second-sound effect. J Elasticity 5, 237–248 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00126988

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