Abstract
We have generalized the coherent potential approximation (CPA) of Tripathi and Behera to the case of ann-component alloy. It is seen that then-component CPA density of states reproduces the binary, ternary quartenary alloys etc when the appropriate limits are adopted.
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Nayak, P. Phonon density of states of ann-component alloy. Pramana - J. Phys. 32, 269–275 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02879019
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