On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:05 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote:
How tightly are they actually connected when in a metal crystal? I can see > how it might be possible to obtain a very large Q if the nucleus is weakly > restrained by the electrons. The spring analogy is a good one and it is > interesting that you were able to obtain a spring constant equivalent for > the mass to stretch and relax as it moves up and down, etc. > We should not make the connections between lattice points too loose, or our rigid metal sheet will turn into rubber. It seems like a single metallic bond between two metal atoms may allow for some springy movement, but I'm guessing that the Brillouin zone as a whole will be somewhat rigid. Eric
