Abstract

A simple method is proposed to calculate the component of electron interaction potential with the ionic subsystem of a crystal quadratic in ionic displacement. The electron-ion interaction potential is calculated for the high-frequency Ag modes in YBa2Cu3O7. The important role of the Madelung potential, which results in violation of the selection rules valid in the rigid muffin-tin approximation, is pointed out. The quadratic component of the potential can greatly affect the calculated matrix elements which correspond to electronic transitions involving absorption or emission of zero wave-vector phonons.

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