Category:Phonons
Phonons are the collective excitation of nuclei in an extended periodic system.
The computation of the vibrational frequencies and modes using the supercell approach can be done using finite-differences or density functional perturbation theory.
The movement of the nuclei leads to changes in the electronic degrees of freedom with this coupling between the electronic and phononic systems commonly referred to as electron-phonon interactions. These interactions can be captured by perturbative methods or Monte-Carlo sampling to populate a supercell with phonons and monitor how the electronic band-structure changes.
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Pages in category "Phonons"
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