= Acoustic phonon
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An <acoustic phonon> is a quantum of vibration on an <acoustic phonon branch>. At long <wavelengths> the atoms in each primitive cell move together and translational invariance makes the <frequency> approach zero. A three-dimensional <crystal> has three acoustic branches, corresponding to longitudinal and transverse polarizations. A linear small-wavevector <dispersion> has slope equal to the appropriate <sound speed>.
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