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Homework Statement
The energy of an electron within a band as a function of its wavevector is given by the
tight-binding expression (in one dimension),
E(k)=-[itex]\alpha[/itex]-[itex]\gamma[/itex][itex]\Sigma[/itex][itex]_{m}[/itex] exp (-ik[itex]\rho[/itex][itex]_{m}[/itex])
(a)What are typical expressions for integrals [itex]\alpha[/itex] and [itex]\gamma[/itex]?
(b) Evaluate the integral [itex]\gamma[/itex] for the following wavefunction, assuming it is an eigenstate of the Hamiltonian, being careful to distinguish the cases 2x[itex]_{0}[/itex][itex]\leq[/itex][itex]\rho[/itex] and 2x[itex]_{0}[/itex]>[itex]\rho[/itex]:
[itex]\phi[/itex](x)=[itex]\sqrt{\frac{1}{2x_{0}}}[/itex] |x|[itex]\leq[/itex]x[itex]_{0}[/itex]
[itex]\phi[/itex](x)=0 |x|>x[itex]_{0}[/itex]
(c) Hence evaluate the energy of an electron in a linear chain of these atoms with a
spacing a and make a graph of the result for the two cases 2x0 a and 2x0 > a.
The Attempt at a Solution
[itex]\alpha[/itex]=-<[itex]\phi[/itex][itex]_{n}[/itex]|H|[itex]\phi[/itex][itex]_{n}[/itex]>
[itex]\gamma[/itex]=-<[itex]\phi[/itex][itex]_{m}[/itex]|H|[itex]\phi[/itex][itex]_{n}[/itex]>
But I cannot do part b) because I do not know what [itex]\phi[/itex][itex]_{m}[/itex] and [itex]\phi[/itex][itex]_{n}[/itex] are. All that I know is that sometimes n=m and sometimes it does not. Please help.