Electronic Structure, Dynamics, and Quantum Structural Properties of Condensed Matter

The 1984 Advanced Study Institute on "Electronic Structure, Dynamics and Quantum Structural Properties of Condensed Matter" took place at the Corsendonk Conference Center, close to the City of Antwerpen, from July 16 till 27, 1984. This NATO Advanced Study Institute was motivated by the research in my Institute, where, in 1971, a project was started on "ab-initio" phonon calculations in Silicon. I~ is my pleasure to thank several instances and people who made this ASI possible. First of all, the sponsor of the Institute, the NATO Scientific Committee. Next, the co-sponsors: Agfa-Gevaert, Bell Telephone Mfg. Co. N.V., C & A, Esso Belgium·, CDC Belgium, Janssens Pharmaceutica, Kredietbank and the Scientific Office of the U.S. Army. Special thanks are due to Dr. P. Van Camp and Drs. H. Nachtegaele, who, over several months, prepared the practical aspects of the ASI with the secretarial help of Mrs. R.-M. Vandekerkhof. I also like to. thank Mrs. M. Cuyvers who prepared and organized the subject and material index and Mrs. H. Evans for typing-assist­ ance. I express particular gratitude to Mrs. F. Nedee, who, like in 1981 and 1982, has put the magnificent Corsendonk Conference Center at our disposal and to Mr. D. Van Der Brempt, Director of the Corsendonk Conference Center, for the efficient way in which he and his staff took care of the practical organization at the Conference Center. The 1984 Advanced Study Institute on "Electronic Structure, Dynamics and Quantum Structural Properties of Condensed Matter" took place at the Corsendonk Conference Center, close to the City of Antwerpen, from July 16 till 27, 1984. This NATO Advanced Study Institute was motivated by the research in my Institute, where, in 1971, a project was started on "ab-initio" phonon calculations in Silicon. I~ is my pleasure to thank several instances and people who made this ASI possible. First of all, the sponsor of the Institute, the NATO Scientific Committee. Next, the co-sponsors: Agfa-Gevaert, Bell Telephone Mfg. Co. N.V., C & A, Esso Belgium·, CDC Belgium, Janssens Pharmaceutica, Kredietbank and the Scientific Office of the U.S. Army. Special thanks are due to Dr. P. Van Camp and Drs. H. Nachtegaele, who, over several months, prepared the practical aspects of the ASI with the secretarial help of Mrs. R.-M. Vandekerkhof. I also like to. thank Mrs. M. Cuyvers who prepared and organized the subject and material index and Mrs. H. Evans for typing-assistƯ ance. I express particular gratitude to Mrs. F. Nedee, who, like in 1981 and 1982, has put the magnificent Corsendonk Conference Center at our disposal and to Mr. D. Van Der Brempt, Director of the Corsendonk Conference Center, for the efficient way in which he and his staff took care of the practical organization at the Conference Center Front Matter....Pages i-xii Computation of Electronic Structure: Its Role in the Development of Solid State Physics....Pages 1-5 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Basic Concepts in Dielectric Response and Pseudopotentials....Pages 9-112 Exchange — Correlation Potential for the Quasi-Particle Bloch States of a Semiconductor....Pages 113-156 Ab-Initio Calculation of the Phonon Frequencies in Covalent Semiconductors Using the Dielectric Screening Method....Pages 157-172 Current Ideas and Methods for Calculation of Ground State Properties of Solids....Pages 175-225 Recent Results in Semiconductor Dynamics by Ab Initio ‘Direct’ Approach....Pages 227-312 Stress: Concepts and Applications....Pages 313-333 Pseudopotentials and Total Energy Calculations: Applications to Crystal Stability, Vibrational Properties, Phase Transformations, and Surface Structures....Pages 335-398 Front Matter....Pages 399-399 Surface Phonon Calculations in Metals and Comparison with Experimental Techniques....Pages 401-449 Intervalley Electron-Phonon and Hole-Phonon Interactions in Semiconductors: Experiment and Theory....Pages 451-493 Nonlinear Electronic and Dynamical Response of Solids in the Ultrashort Time Domain....Pages 495-518 Front Matter....Pages 519-519 Molecular-Dynamic Simulations of Many-Particle Systems: New Faces on Old Problems....Pages 521-563 Back Matter....Pages 565-591