Sy. Wu et Cs. Jayanthi, LOCAL ANALYSIS VIA THE REAL-SPACE GREENS-FUNCTION METHOD, International journal of modern physics b, 9(16), 1995, pp. 1869-1897
A complete account of the development of the method of real space Gree
n's function is given in this review. The emphasis is placed on the ca
lculation of the local Green's function in a real space representation
. The discussion is centered on a list of issues particularly relevant
to the study of properties of complex systems with reduced symmetry.
They include: (i) the convergence procedure for calculating the local
Green's function of infinite systems without any boundary effects asso
ciated with an arbitrary truncation of the system; (ii) a general recu
rsive relation which streamlines the calculation of the local Green's
function; (iii) the calculation of the eigenvector of selected eigenva
lues directly from the Green's function. An example of the application
of the method to carry out a local analysis of dynamics of the Au(511
) surface is also presented.