Acoustic density perturbation (${\rho }^{\prime }=\rho -{\rho }_0$)

An acoustic density perturbation is the deviation of fluid mass density from its quiescent reference value. In a homogeneous isentropic linear acoustic field, its corresponding pressure perturbation is $p^{\prime }=c_0^2{\rho }^{\prime }$. Nonlinear and entropy-dependent departures from this relation enter the Lighthill stress tensor.