The Electron-phonon interaction and the physical properties of metals.

Maksimov E. G., Savrasov D. Y., Savrasov S. Y.

Russian Acad Sci Pn Lebedev Phys Inst Leninskii Prosp 53 Moscow 117924 Russia
Max Planck Inst D-70569 Stuttgart Germany

Theoretical work dealing with the electron-photon interaction (EPI) and its effects on the physical properties of metals is reviewed. The multi-particle approach and that using Landau's Fermi liquid theory are briefly described and their adequacy is demonstrated for low values of the adiabaticity parameter (omega(D)/epsilon(F))(1/2), where omega(D) is the characteristic photon frequency, and epsilon(F) the Fermi energy. Density functional methods for EPI calculations are outlined and, for a number of simple and transition metals, the results of calculations for EPI spectral densities and EPI-dependent physical properties are presented. The potential and the range of validity of EPI applications of the density functional method are discussed.
 

Physics - Uspekhi, 40 337-358, 1997.


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