Fermi-Surface Parameters and Band-Structures for the Noble Metals. I. Normal-Volume Results and Herman-Skillman Potentials

Using NMR field calibration, absolute values of de Haas-van Alphen frequencies for the noble metals were obtained with an error of about 0.1%. These and other experimental results are compared with results of energy-band calculations using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method and potentials derived from Herman-Skillman atomic calculations. The theoretical and experimental results agree to within about 1% for copper and 1-10% for silver, and give reasonable (considering the nonrelativistic nature of the calculations) results for gold. The results indicate that it is possible to obtain meaningful results from Herman-Skillman potentials, contrary to the conclusions of others.