
How to interpret dispersion curves? - Physics Stack Exchange
Nov 30, 2022 · waves of different wavelengths, move at different speeds, according to the dispersion curve. Is this true? Yes, that is true, and is exactly why these are called dispersion …
Help needed to understand the dispersion curve of a 1D lattice …
The answer is that it'd look like the above figure but without a bandgap; it's the monoatomic case with the ends of the dispersion relation folded over to fit in the smaller Brillouin zone of the …
Interpreting phonon dispersion relations - Physics Stack Exchange
Jul 25, 2019 · For phonons, an oscillatory source with a given frequency would cause phonon(s) with specific wavelengths, and an excitation with a given wavelength would cause phonons(s) …
Interpretation of dispersion relation - Physics Stack Exchange
This is what it's looks like (blue curve): ... It is a good model for the dispersion relation of ...
Understanding how band gaps come out of electron dispersion …
Nov 11, 2024 · When you measure dispersion relations of a solid through, e.g., scattering experiments, you are essentially "scratching the (Fermi) surface": below the Fermi energy …
Density of States vs Dispersion - Physics Stack Exchange
Sep 22, 2014 · When the band is flat (i.e. at the bottom of the dispersion curve), there a lot of dots, which means there are a lot of states. This means that there is a high density of states …
solid state physics - How to make sense of phonon dispersion …
May 18, 2022 · Now my question is, how does the phonon dispersion curve relate to dynamic stability of this particular lattice? So I know that the negative frequencies imply dynamic …
quantum mechanics - Fillings of dispersion bands (E-K diagram ...
Jul 4, 2015 · I struggle in understanding why in some references the bands filling by electrons in the E-k diagram is shown as an area delimited below by the dispersion curve and above by …
Why do rotons correspond to the minimum of the dispersion curve?
Feb 7, 2018 · The dispersion curve for superfluid helium-4 is given above. To my knowledge, the first paper that was able to argue that the curve should take this shape from first principles was …
condensed matter - How to differentiate longitudinal and …
May 14, 2023 · I know that there are two kinds of phonons: acoustic and optical. Acoustic phonons have zero frequency at the $\\Gamma$ point, whereas optical phonons have a non …