Overview
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Antonios Gonis
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Chemistry and Materials Science Group, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, USA
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William H. Butler
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Metal and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xiii
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- Antonios Gonis, William H. Butler
Pages 1-5
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- Antonios Gonis, William H. Butler
Pages 6-17
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- Antonios Gonis, William H. Butler
Pages 18-54
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- Antonios Gonis, William H. Butler
Pages 55-79
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- Antonios Gonis, William H. Butler
Pages 80-121
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- Antonios Gonis, William H. Butler
Pages 122-160
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- Antonios Gonis, William H. Butler
Pages 161-184
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- Antonios Gonis, William H. Butler
Pages 185-202
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- Antonios Gonis, William H. Butler
Pages 203-225
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Back Matter
Pages 226-285
About this book
The origins of multiple scattering theory (MST) can be traced back to Lord Rayleigh's publication of a paper treating the electrical resistivity of an ar ray of spheres, which appeared more than a century ago. At its most basic, MST provides a technique for solving a linear partial differential equa tion defined over a region of space by dividing space into nonoverlapping subregions, solving the differential equation for each of these subregions separately and then assembling these partial solutions into a global phys ical solution that is smooth and continuous over the entire region. This approach has given rise to a large and growing list of applications both in classical and quantum physics. Presently, the method is being applied to the study of membranes and colloids, to acoustics, to electromagnetics, and to the solution of the quantum-mechanical wave equation. It is with this latter application, in particular, with the solution of the SchrOdinger and the Dirac equations, that this book is primarily concerned. We will also demonstrate that it provides a convenient technique for solving the Poisson equation in solid materials. These differential equations are important in modern calculations of the electronic structure of solids. The application of MST to calculate the electronic structure of solid ma terials, which originated with Korringa's famous paper of 1947, provided an efficient technique for solving the one-electron Schrodinger equation.
Authors and Affiliations
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Chemistry and Materials Science Group, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, USA
Antonios Gonis
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Metal and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
William H. Butler
