GAP DISCRETE BREATHER IN B2 BIATOMIC CRYSTAL
10.25712/ASTU.1811-1416.2025.02.006
Keywords:
crystal lattice, biatomic crystal, discrete breather, molecular dynamicsAbstract
The biatomic crystal with B2 structure is considered with the interatomic interactions described by the β-Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou potential. The case of a large difference in the atomic masses of the components is analyzed. The phonon spectrum of the crystal possesses a forbidden zone (gap). A spatially localized large-amplitude vibrational mode, called the discrete breather (DB), is found by applying a localization function to the delocalized nonlinear vibrational mode (DNVM). The DNVM and consequently the DB have frequencies in the gap of the phonon spectrum.