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KKR Method

The Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (KKR) method is a powerful multiple-scattering approach for calculating electronic band structures and properties of periodic and disordered solids. Developed in the late 1940s, KKR treats electrons as scattering from atomic potentials in a muffin-tin geometry, enabling efficient calculations for both crystalline and amorphous systems.

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Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Method
Taxonomic method record · ml-model / quantum-computing
  • Korringa, J. (1947). On the calculation of the energy of a Bloch wave in a metal. Physica, 13, 392–400. · DOI 10.1016/0031-8914(47)90013-X
  • Gyorffy, B. L. (1972). Coherent potential approximation for random substitutional binary alloys. Physical Review B, 5, 2382–2384. · URL
  • Vosko, S. H., Wilk, L., Nusair, M. (2003). Accurate spin-dependent electron liquid correlation energies. Canadian Journal of Physics, 58, 1200–1211. · URL
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