All Questions
Tagged with mean-free-path scattering
2
questions
4
votes
2
answers
190
views
Usually, how much does a phonon travel without scattering?
Phonons propagate without problems in a lattice, until they scatter on something, like a defect, an electron, or another phonon. But in a typical solid at room temperature, how much (or how long) is ...
- 97
0
votes
1
answer
146
views
Do particles in the solar core travel at the same speed as they would in vacuum?
I just read the Wikipedia article on the Sun. The section on Solar Core states
It has a density of up to 150 g/cm3[47][48] (about 150 times the density of water)
Do the particles (atomic, and sub-...
- 4,723