Tight-binding model in the theory of disordered crystals

Abstract

This paper presents a new method of describing electronic spectrum, thermodynamic potential, and electrical conductivity of disordered crystals based on the Hamiltonian of multi-electron system and diagram method for Green’s functions finding. Electronic states of a system were described by multi-band tight-binding model. The Hamiltonian of a system is defined on the basis of the wave functions of electron in the atom nucleus field. Electrons scattering on the oscillations of the crystal lattice are taken into account. The proposed method includes long-range Coulomb interaction of electrons at different sites of the lattice. Precise expressions for Green’s functions, thermodynamic potential and conductivity tensor are derived using diagram method. Cluster expansion is obtained for density of states, free energy, and electrical conductivity of disordered systems. We show that contribution of the electron scattering processes to clusters is decreasing along with increasing number of sites in the cluster, which depends on small parameter. The computation accuracy is determined by renormalization precision of the vertex parts of the mass operators of electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions. This accuracy also can be determined by small parameter of cluster expansion for Green’s functions of electrons and phonons.