The elastic continuum limit of the tight binding model

E. Weinan, Jianfeng Lu

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Abstract

The authors consider the simplest quantum mechanics model of solids, the tight binding model, and prove that in the continuum limit, the energy of tight binding model converges to that of the continuum elasticity model obtained using Cauchy-Born rule. The technique in this paper is based mainly on spectral perturbation theory for large matrices.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)665-676
Number of pages12
JournalChinese Annals of Mathematics. Series B
Volume28
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2007

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

Keywords

  • Cauchy-born rule
  • Continuum limit
  • Elasticity theory
  • Tight binding model

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