EQUIVALENCE OF THE FROHLICH AND THE BLOCH APPROACHES TO THE ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING

It is shown that the Fröhlich approach for calculating electron-phonon coupling constants based on wave functions moving with the vibrating atoms can be set on a rigorous basis. This approach and the Bloch approach are shown to lead to the same physical results provided that one stays within the adiabatic approximation and considers both first and second order vertices (in the harmonic approximation). Advantages of the Fröhlich approach in past and in possible future calculations are discussed. © 1979.