Analytic structure of Bloch functions for linear molecular chains

E. Prodan

This paper deals with Hamiltonians of the form $H=-{\bf \nabla}^2+v(\rr)$, with $v(\rr)$ periodic along the $z$ direction, $v(x,y,z+b)=v(x,y,z)$. The wavefunctions of $H$ are the w…