The Adiabatic Bond Charge Model of Phonons

The dispersion relation between frequency and wavevector of atomic vibrations, or phonons, can be succinctly described by the adiabatic bond charge model, first developed by Weber. The model employs as few as four parameters to fit experiment. We investigated this model in order to better unify the...

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Main Author: Kassebaum, Paul Gregory
Other Authors: L. Ramdas Ram-Mohan, Advisor
Format: Others
Published: Digital WPI 2012
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/180
https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1179&context=etd-dissertations