Geometric theory of lattice vibrations and specific heat

DOI10.4310/PAMQ.2006.V2.N3.A7zbMATH Open1108.82005arXivmath-ph/0512088WikidataQ56268002 ScholiaQ56268002MaRDI QIDQ851489FDOQ851489

Authors: Toshikazu Sunada, M. A. Shubin 

Publication date: 21 November 2006

Published in: Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss, from a geometric standpoint, the specific heat of a solid. This is a classical subject in solid state physics which dates back to a pioneering work by Einstein (1907) and its refinement by Debye (1912). Using a special quantization of crystal lattices and calculating the asymptotic of the integrated density of states at the bottom of the spectrum, we obtain a rigorous derivation of the classical Debye $T^3$ law on the specific heat at low temperatures. The idea and method are taken from discrete geometric analysis which has been recently developed for the spectral geometry of crystal lattices.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0512088

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zbMATH Keywords

direct integralcrystal latticediscrete geometric analysisDebye \(T^3\) lawvon Neumann trace

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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