Self-Consistent-Screening Calculation of Surface-Phonon Dispersion Curves at the (110) Surface of Aluminum

Abstract
We have calculated the dynamical matrix for an aluminum slab bounded by a pair of (110) surfaces using a self-consistent implementation of pseudopotential perturbation theory. The screening response of the conduction electrons to the field of the ions is obtained within the local-density approximation of density-functional theory. Both relaxed and unrelaxed geometries are treated. We present numerical results for the dispersion curves of surface phonons. Comparison is made with recent theoretical and experimental results.