Cluster coherent-potential approximation in ternary random alloys

Abstract
The augmented-space formalism introduced by one of us is used here to develop a self-consistent cluster coherent-potential approximation for the density of states for ternary random alloys. The approximation yields an averaged Green function which maintains its Herglotz properties for all energies and disorders. An application is made to a model for the ternary brass Cu-Ni-Zn.