We study an influence of monoclinic distortion on the electronic structure
of the CeNi2Sn2 compound. The band structures are calculated by the tight b
inding LMTO method within the atomic sphere approximation. Our self-consist
ent band calculations indicate that the position of peaks in the total dens
ity of states as well as the theoretical photoemission spectra in tetragona
l and monoclinic CeNi2Sn2 are close to the X-ray photoemission measurement.
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