TY - JOUR IS - 6 N1 - Copyright 2008 Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The following article appeared in Deane, GB; Czerski, H; (2008) A mechanism stimulating sound production from air bubbles released from a nozzle. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 123 (6) , Article EL12 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2908198 TI - A mechanism stimulating sound production from air bubbles released from a nozzle Y1 - 2008/01// AV - public VL - 123 JF - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America A1 - Deane, GB A1 - Czerski, H N2 - Gas bubbles in water act as oscillators with a natural frequency inversely proportional to their radius and a quality factor determined by thermal, radiation, and viscous losses. The linear dynamics of spherical bubbles are well understood, but the excitation mechanism leading to sound production at the moment of bubble creation has been the subject of speculation. Experiments and models presented here show that sound from bubbles released from a nozzle can be excited by the rapid decrease in volume accompanying the collapse of the neck of gas which joins the bubble to its parent. ID - discovery1426200 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2908198 SN - 0001-4966 ER -