Mean-square velocity of an atom in anharmonic crystals

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, , Citation K N Pathak 1967 Proc. Phys. Soc. 92 998 DOI 10.1088/0370-1328/92/4/322

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1 Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India

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  1. Received 23 May 1967

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Abstract

Anharmonic contributions to the mean-square velocity of an atom in a crystal lattice have been obtained for all temperatures using the method of thermodynamic Green functions. The result is applied to the case of a linear chain.

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