Frequency Spectrum and Specific Heat of a Face-Centered Cubic Lattice. II. Low Temperature Region

Abstract
From the Born‐von Kármán treatment of a face‐centered cubic lattice a simplified secular equation valid for low frequencies has been obtained. The frequency spectrum of low frequency normal modes of vibration has been calculated using the root sampling technique of Blackman. From this distribution function a T3 law is obtained for Cv at low temperatures. The effect on the low temperature specific heat of including interactions with neighbors more remote than the next nearest neighbors is discussed. Numerical results are presented for silver.

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