a collective organized vibration or excitation of atoms in a periodic lattice

A 'phonon' is a collective organized vibration or excitation of atoms in a periodic lattice.

a quantum mechanical description of a special type of vibrational motion, in which a lattice uniformly oscillates at the same frequency

A phonon is a quantum mechanical description of a special type of vibrational motion, in which a lattice uniformly oscillates at the same frequency.

Collective vibrations in a crystal,

Collective vibrations in a crystal, called phonons, are a type of Nambu-Goldstone boson.

quasiparticles that represent the collective vibrational modes of atoms in a crystalline lattice

Phonons are quasiparticles that represent the collective vibrational modes of atoms in a crystalline lattice.

a single quantum of vibrational energy

A single quantum of vibrational energy is called a phonon.

a quantized mode of vibration occurring in a rigid crystal lattice, such as the atomic lattice of a solid.[1

In physics, a phonon is a quantized mode of vibration occurring in a rigid crystal lattice, such as the atomic lattice of a solid.[1] The study of phonons is an important part of solid state physics, because phonons play a major role in many of the physical properties of solids, including a material's thermal and electrical conductivities.

a lattice vibration, or rather a small, harmonic kinetic movement of the atoms of the material

A phonon is essentially a lattice vibration, or rather a small, harmonic kinetic movement of the atoms of the material.

are quantized vibrations of the crystal lattice , , called ‘phonons’

The glue that binds these pairs together, atleast in conventional superconductors, are quantized vibrations of the crystal lattice, called ‘phonons’.

in a crystal lattice

These include: Phonons are vibrational modes in a crystal lattice.

quantum particles that describe the thermal conductivity of a material

Phonons are quantum particles that describe the thermal conductivity of a material.

the quanta of energy for the lattice vibrations

Photons are the quanta of energy described for electromagnetic waves, whereas phonons are the quanta of energy for the lattice vibrations.

packets of vibrational energy

Similar to how photons are packets of light energy, phonons are packets of vibrational energy.

collective waves called phonons

In a one-dimensional crystal, atoms vibrate about their equilibrium positions, creating collective waves called phonons.

the quanta of the lattice vibrational field [13,14,15]

By analogy with the photons of the electromagnetic field, the quanta of the lattice vibrational field are referred to as “phonons” [13,14,15].