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Dispersion relation approach to the x-ray edge problem

1981; American Physical Society; Volume: 24; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrevb.24.6971

1095-3795

David R. Penn, S. M. Girvin, G. D. Mahan,

Theoretical and Computational Physics

We present a dispersion relation formulation of the open-line amplitude for the x-ray edge problem within the contact potential model. Using both multiple-scattering and determinant techniques, we find that to a very good approximation the many-body effects can be described within a single-particle transition-rate expression using a renormalized matrix element. This renormalized matrix element may be expressed exactly in terms of a frequency integral over the scattering phase shift for the core-hole potential. There are small corrections to the transition rate due to multiple particle-hole-pair final states, and a systematic series expansion for these is presented. This series is summed at threshold to yield an exact expression for the critical amplitude multiplying the power-law singularity. Our analytic results given an exact description at threshold and are shown to be quite accurate away from threshold. Comparison with the asymptotic expression of Nozi\`eres and De Dominicis is made.