Computational Solid State Physics: Proceedings of an International Symposium Held October 6-8, 1971,

1. Experimental Studies of the Electronic Structure of Crystals.- Introductory Remarks.- Spatial Dispersion Induced Birefringence in Cubic Semiconductors.- Photoemission Studies of the Electronic Structure of Solids.- Investigation of Inner Shell Excitations in Solids by Synchrotron Radiation.- Positron Annihilation Experiments and the Band Structure of V3Si.- 2. Theoretical Studies of the Electronic Structure of Crystals.- Introductory Remarks.- Empirical Band Calculations.- On the Theory of Metallic Lithium.- Generalizations of the Relativistic OPW Method Including Overlapping and Non-Overlapping Atomic Orbitals.- MAPW-Calculations with Screened Exchange Application to Copper.- Some Remarks on Current RAPW Calculations for Silver, Molybdenum, and Vanadium.- Recent KKR Band Calculations.- The Atomic Arrangements and Radial Distribution Functions of Amorphous Silicon and Germanium.- Optical Properties of Polytypes of Germanium.- Charge Density in the Gallium Arsenide Crystal.- 3. Treatment of Exchange and Correlation Effects in Crystals.- Introductory Remarks.- Effects of Electron Correlation with Particular Reference to Charge and Momentum Densities in Crystals.- Local Exchange-Correlation Potentials.- Exchange-Correlation Potentials.- An Improved Statistical Exchange Approximation.- Cohesive Energy of the Lithium Metal by the AMO Method.- 4. Solid State Astrophysics.- Introductory Remarks.- Observational Evidence for Solid State Phenomena in Pulsars.- Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs.- 5. Lattice Dynamics.- Introductory Remarks.- Note on the Rennes Conference on Phonons.- Neutron and X-Ray Inelastic Scattering by Lattice Vibrations.- Phonon Dispersion Relations.- Microscopic Theory of Phonons in Solids.- Computational Aspects of Anharmonic Lattice Dynamics.- Anharmonic Lattice Dynamics: Renormalized Theory.- 6. Localized Imperfections and Dislocations.- Introductory Remarks.- Localized Vibrational Modes in Crystals.- Point Defects in Ionic Crystals.- Computer Simulation of Point and Line Defects in Iron and Copper.- Dislocations in Anisotropic Media.- List of Contributors.