Electronic Band Structure and Its Applications [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the International School on Electronic Band Structure and Its Applications Held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, October 20 – November 8, 1986 / edited by M. Yussouff.

Linearized band structure methods -- Fast self-consistent KKR method -- Density-functional formalism: V xc, discontinuities, and the local density approximation -- Theory of quasiparticle energies and excitation spectra of semiconductors and insulators -- Vacancies and magnetic impurities in transition metals -- Relationship of band theory to heavy fermion behavior -- Density functional theory and electronic structure -- Hydrogen in transition metals -- Photoemission from metals -- Deep levels and disorder in semiconductor alloys experimental aspects -- Deep defects in semiconductor alloys : Theoretical aspects -- Electronic structure changes at high pressures -- Anomalous electric structure and transport properties of quasicrystals and incommensurate layered structures -- The recursion method -- The augmented space method and configuration averaging in disordered systems -- Modern band theory of disordered alloys -- Momentum density in disordered alloys -- Electron energy bands in disordered alloys: Comparison between photoemission and KKR-CPA -- Positron studies of fermi surfaces in metals -- Density functional theory of positron annhilation in solids -- Electron momentum density in metals -- Experimental study of defect states in metals and alloys -- Magnetism and chemical order in metallic alloys -- A discussion of melting phenomena -- Alloy phase stability.

This volume gives an up-to-date overview of theoretical and experimental methods of studying the electronic band structure. Various formalisms for explicit calculations and many details of useful applications, particularly to alloys and semiconductors, are presented. The contributions cover the following subjects: alloy phase diagrams, density functionals; disordered alloys; heavy fermions; impurities in metals and semiconductors; linearize band structure calculations; magnetism in alloys; modern theory of alloy band structure; momentum densities in metals and alloys; photoemission; quasi-particles and properties of semiconductors; the recursion method and transport properties of crystals and quasi-crystals.