Max-Planck-Inst. Festkoerperforsch., Stuttgart , D-70000/80, Germany

A review is presented with 36 refs. on the interpretation of multiple-scattering theory in terms of muffin-tin orbitals. The use of slightly overlapping muffin-tin wells is justified rigorously. The structure consts. may be screened for a useful range of pos. and neg. energies; the screening may be chosen to yield desirable properties of the KKR matrix. Energy linearization and the linear muffin-tin-orbital method are discussed.
 

in: Applications of Multiple Scattering Theory to Materials Science, eds. W. H. Butler, P. H. Dederichs, A. Gonis, R. L. Weaver. Pittsburgh: MRS (1992), 37-70 (= MRS Symposium Proceedings, vol. 253).