Abstract
We present calculations of the extremal areas of Fermi surface orbits in the bcc transition metal tantalum usingab initio linear muffin tin orbital method in the atomic sphere approximation. The calculations demonstrate the need to include relativistic corrections for a good representation of the Fermi surface. Self-consistent calculations are performed using various exchange-correlation potentials. The calculations indicate that Barth-Hedin-Janak exchange provides the best agreement with the experiment. Enhancement factors are also calculated using the BHJ exchange-correlation potential. These are compared with experimental results as well as with some of the available theoretical calculations.
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