A phonon.. that's not a spelling mistake... is a quantum of vibration.
it's a particle... that lives as a vibration in a crystal.
and it's bananas!!!
Doctors Fiona Burnell and Darren Peets have joined me to try to explain this all to Megan and Anthony Leon.
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