Phonon-mediated detection of particles

Over the past five years particle physicists, nuclear physicists and astrophysicists have been increasingly interested in using phonons to detect particle interactions. In these detection attempts it is obviously critical to integrate the understanding that the phonon physicists have accumulated on the mechanisms governing the production, propagation and detection of those phonons. Vice versa, some of the issues raised by the particle detection problem may be of significant interest and the high sensitivity methods being developed may become important for phonon physics investigations. These were the motivations for a round table discussion between members of the two communities. This report attempts to summarize the themes of a very interesting discussion. 24 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab