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Other methods might be already fast enough, but MSTMM will be faster in most cases in which there is enough spacing between the neighboring particles. MSTMM works well with any space group symmetry the system might have (as opposed to, for example, FDTD with cubic mesh applied to a honeycomb lattice), which makes e.g. application of group theory in mode analysis quite easy. \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout Topology anoyne? \end_layout \end_inset And finally, having a method that handles well both infinite and large finite system gives a possibility to study finite-size effects in periodic scatterer arrays. \end_layout \begin_layout Subsection Formulation of the problem \end_layout \begin_layout Standard Let us have a linear system of compact EM scatterers on a homogeneous background as in Section \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "subsec:Multiple-scattering" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset , but this time, the system shall be periodic: let there be a \begin_inset Formula $d$ \end_inset -dimensional ( \begin_inset Formula $d$ \end_inset can be 1, 2 or 3) Bravais lattice embedded into the three-dimensional real space, with lattice vectors \begin_inset Formula $\left\{ \dlv_{i}\right\} _{i=1}^{d}$ \end_inset , and let the lattice points be labeled with an \begin_inset Formula $d$ \end_inset -dimensional integar multiindex \begin_inset Formula $\vect n\in\ints^{d}$ \end_inset , so the lattice points have cartesian coordinates \begin_inset Formula $\vect R_{\vect n}=\sum_{i=1}^{d}n_{i}\vect a_{i}$ \end_inset . There can be several scatterers per unit cell with indices \begin_inset Formula $\alpha$ \end_inset from set \begin_inset Formula $\mathcal{P}_{1}$ \end_inset and (relative) positions inside the unit cell \begin_inset Formula $\vect r_{\alpha}$ \end_inset ; any particle of the periodic system can thus be labeled by a multiindex from \begin_inset Formula $\mathcal{P}=\ints^{d}\times\mathcal{P}_{1}$ \end_inset . The scatterers are located at positions \begin_inset Formula $\vect r_{\vect n,\alpha}=\vect R_{\vect n}+\vect r_{\alpha}$ \end_inset and their \begin_inset Formula $T$ \end_inset -matrices are periodic, \begin_inset Formula $T_{\vect n,\alpha}=T_{\alpha}$ \end_inset . In such system, the multiple-scattering problem \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:Multiple-scattering problem" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset can be rewritten as \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset Formula \begin{equation} \outcoeffp{\vect n,\alpha}-T_{\alpha}\sum_{\left(\vect m,\beta\right)\in\mathcal{P}\backslash\left\{ \left(\vect n,\alpha\right)\right\} }\tropsp{\vect n,\alpha}{\vect m,\beta}\outcoeffp{\vect m,\beta}=T_{\alpha}\rcoeffincp{\vect n,\alpha}.\quad\left(\vect n,\alpha\right)\in\mathcal{P}\label{eq:Multiple-scattering problem periodic} \end{equation} \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard Due to periodicity, we can also write \begin_inset Formula $\tropsp{\vect n,\alpha}{\vect m,\beta}=\tropsp{\alpha}{\beta}\left(\vect R_{\vect m}-\vect R_{\vect n}\right)=\tropsp{\alpha}{\beta}\left(\vect R_{\vect m-\vect n}\right)=\tropsp{\vect 0,\alpha}{\vect m-\vect n,\beta}$ \end_inset . Assuming quasi-periodic right-hand side with quasi-momentum \begin_inset Formula $\vect k$ \end_inset , \begin_inset Formula $\rcoeffincp{\vect n,\alpha}=\rcoeffincp{\vect 0,\alpha}\left(\vect k\right)e^{i\vect k\cdot\vect R_{\vect n}}$ \end_inset , the solutions of \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:Multiple-scattering problem periodic" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset will be also quasi-periodic according to Bloch theorem, \begin_inset Formula $\outcoeffp{\vect n,\alpha}=\outcoeffp{\vect 0,\alpha}\left(\vect k\right)e^{i\vect k\cdot\vect R_{\vect n}}$ \end_inset , and eq. \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:Multiple-scattering problem periodic" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset can be rewritten as follows \begin_inset Formula \begin{align} \outcoeffp{\vect 0,\alpha}\left(\vect k\right)e^{i\vect k\cdot\vect R_{\vect n}}-T_{\alpha}\sum_{\left(\vect m,\beta\right)\in\mathcal{P}\backslash\left\{ \left(\vect n,\alpha\right)\right\} }\tropsp{\vect n,\alpha}{\vect m,\beta}\outcoeffp{\vect 0,\beta}\left(\vect k\right)e^{i\vect k\cdot\vect R_{\vect m}} & =T_{\alpha}\rcoeffincp{\vect 0,\alpha}\left(\vect k\right)e^{i\vect k\cdot\vect R_{\vect n}},\nonumber \\ \outcoeffp{\vect 0,\alpha}\left(\vect k\right)-T_{\alpha}\sum_{\left(\vect m,\beta\right)\in\mathcal{P}\backslash\left\{ \left(\vect n,\alpha\right)\right\} }\tropsp{\vect 0,\alpha}{\vect m-\vect n,\beta}\outcoeffp{\vect 0,\beta}\left(\vect k\right)e^{i\vect k\cdot\vect R_{\vect m-\vect n}} & =T_{\alpha}\rcoeffincp{\vect 0,\alpha}\left(\vect k\right),\nonumber \\ \outcoeffp{\vect 0,\alpha}\left(\vect k\right)-T_{\alpha}\sum_{\left(\vect m,\beta\right)\in\mathcal{P}\backslash\left\{ \left(\vect 0,\alpha\right)\right\} }\tropsp{\vect 0,\alpha}{\vect m,\beta}\outcoeffp{\vect 0,\beta}\left(\vect k\right)e^{i\vect k\cdot\vect R_{\vect m}} & =T_{\alpha}\rcoeffincp{\vect 0,\alpha}\left(\vect k\right),\nonumber \\ \outcoeffp{\vect 0,\alpha}\left(\vect k\right)-T_{\alpha}\sum_{\beta\in\mathcal{P}}W_{\alpha\beta}\left(\vect k\right)\outcoeffp{\vect 0,\beta}\left(\vect k\right) & =T_{\alpha}\rcoeffincp{\vect 0,\alpha}\left(\vect k\right),\label{eq:Multiple-scattering problem unit cell} \end{align} \end_inset so we reduced the initial scattering problem to one involving only the field expansion coefficients from a single unit cell, but we need to compute the \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset lattice Fourier transform \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset of the translation operator, \begin_inset Formula \begin{equation} W_{\alpha\beta}(\vect k)\equiv\sum_{\vect m\in\ints^{d}}\left(1-\delta_{\alpha\beta}\delta_{\vect m\vect 0}\right)\tropsp{\vect 0,\alpha}{\vect m,\beta}e^{i\vect k\cdot\vect R_{\vect m}},\label{eq:W definition} \end{equation} \end_inset evaluation of which is possible but quite non-trivial due to the infinite lattice sum, so we explain it separately in Sect. \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "subsec:W operator evaluation" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset . \end_layout \begin_layout Standard As in the case of a finite system, eq. \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:Multiple-scattering problem unit cell" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset can be written in a shorter block-matrix form, \begin_inset Formula \begin{equation} \left(I-TW\right)\outcoeffp{\vect 0}\left(\vect k\right)=T\rcoeffincp{\vect 0}\left(\vect k\right)\label{eq:Multiple-scattering problem unit cell block form} \end{equation} \end_inset Eq. \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:Multiple-scattering problem unit cell" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset can be used to calculate electromagnetic response of the structure to external quasiperiodic driving field – most notably a plane wave. However, the non-trivial solutions of the equation with right hand side (i.e. the external driving) set to zero, \begin_inset Formula \begin{equation} \left(I-TW\right)\outcoeffp{\vect 0}\left(\vect k\right)=0,\label{eq:lattice mode equation} \end{equation} \end_inset describes the \emph on lattice modes. \emph default Non-trivial solutions to \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:lattice mode equation" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset exist if the matrix on the left-hand side \begin_inset Formula $M\left(\omega,\vect k\right)=\left(I-T\left(\omega\right)W\left(\omega,\vect k\right)\right)$ \end_inset is singular – this condition gives the \emph on dispersion relation \emph default for the periodic structure. Note that in realistic (lossy) systems, at least one of the pair \begin_inset Formula $\omega,\vect k$ \end_inset will acquire complex values. The solution \begin_inset Formula $\outcoeffp{\vect 0}\left(\vect k\right)$ \end_inset is then obtained as the right \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout CHECK! \end_layout \end_inset singular vector of \begin_inset Formula $M\left(\omega,\vect k\right)$ \end_inset corresponding to the zero singular value. \end_layout \begin_layout Subsection Numerical solution \end_layout \begin_layout Standard In practice, equation \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:Multiple-scattering problem unit cell block form" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset is solved in the same way as eq. \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:Multiple-scattering problem block form" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset in the multipole degree truncated form. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard The lattice mode problem \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:lattice mode equation" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset is (after multipole degree truncation) solved by finding \begin_inset Formula $\omega,\vect k$ \end_inset for which the matrix \begin_inset Formula $M\left(\omega,\vect k\right)$ \end_inset has a zero singular value. A naïve approach to do that is to sample a volume with a grid in the \begin_inset Formula $\left(\omega,\vect k\right)$ \end_inset space, performing a singular value decomposition of \begin_inset Formula $M\left(\omega,\vect k\right)$ \end_inset at each point and finding where the lowest singular value of \begin_inset Formula $M\left(\omega,\vect k\right)$ \end_inset is close enough to zero. However, this approach is quite expensive, for \begin_inset Formula $W\left(\omega,\vect k\right)$ \end_inset has to be evaluated for each \begin_inset Formula $\omega,\vect k$ \end_inset pair separately (unlike the original finite case \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:Multiple-scattering problem block form" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset translation operator \begin_inset Formula $\trops$ \end_inset , which, for a given geometry, depends only on frequency). Therefore, a much more efficient but not completely robust approach to determine the photonic bands is to sample the \begin_inset Formula $\vect k$ \end_inset -space (a whole Brillouin zone or its part) and for each fixed \begin_inset Formula $\vect k$ \end_inset to find a corresponding frequency \begin_inset Formula $\omega$ \end_inset with zero singular value of \begin_inset Formula $M\left(\omega,\vect k\right)$ \end_inset using a minimisation algorithm (two- or one-dimensional, depending on whether one needs the exact complex-valued \begin_inset Formula $\omega$ \end_inset or whether the its real-valued approximation is satisfactory). Typically, a good initial guess for \begin_inset Formula $\omega\left(\vect k\right)$ \end_inset is obtained from the empty lattice approximation, \begin_inset Formula $\left|\vect k\right|=\sqrt{\epsilon\mu}\omega/c_{0}$ \end_inset (modulo reciprocal lattice points \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout TODO write this in a clean way \end_layout \end_inset ). A somehow challenging step is to distinguish the different bands that can all be very close to the empty lattice approximation, especially if the particles in the systems are small. In high-symmetry points of the Brilloin zone, this can be solved by factorising \begin_inset Formula $M\left(\omega,\vect k\right)$ \end_inset into irreducible representations \begin_inset Formula $\Gamma_{i}$ \end_inset and performing the minimisation in each irrep separately, cf. Section \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand ref reference "sec:Symmetries" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset , and using the different \begin_inset Formula $\omega_{\Gamma_{i}}\left(\vect k\right)$ \end_inset to obtain the initial guesses for the nearby points \begin_inset Formula $\vect k+\delta\vect k$ \end_inset . Another, more robust approach is Beyn's contour integral algorithm \begin_inset CommandInset citation LatexCommand cite key "beyn_integral_2012" literal "false" \end_inset which finds the roots of \begin_inset Formula $M\left(\omega,\vect k\right)=0$ \end_inset in a given frequency contour. \end_layout \begin_layout Subsection Computing the Fourier sum of the translation operator \begin_inset CommandInset label LatexCommand label name "subsec:W operator evaluation" \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard The problem evaluating \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:W definition" \end_inset is the asymptotic behaviour of the translation operator, \begin_inset Formula $\tropsp{\vect 0,\alpha}{\vect m,\beta}\sim\left|\vect R_{\vect m}\right|^{-1}e^{i\kappa\left|\vect R_{\vect m}\right|}$ \end_inset that does not in the strict sense converge for any \begin_inset Formula $d>1$ \end_inset -dimensional lattice. \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout \begin_inset Foot status open \begin_layout Plain Layout Note that \begin_inset Formula $d$ \end_inset here is dimensionality of the lattice, not the space it lies in, which I for certain reasons assume to be three. (TODO few notes on integration and reciprocal lattices in some appendix) \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \end_inset The problem of poorly converging lattice sums has been originally solved for electrostatic potentials with Ewald summation \begin_inset CommandInset citation LatexCommand cite key "ewald_berechnung_1921" literal "false" \end_inset . Its basic idea is to decompose the divide the lattice-summed function in two parts: a short-range part that decays fast and can be summed directly, and a long-range part which decays poorly but is fairly smooth everywhere, so that its Fourier transform decays fast enough, and to deal with the long range part by Poisson summation over the reciprocal lattice. The same idea can be used also in this case case of linear electrodynamic problems, just the technical details are more complicated than in electrostatic s. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard In eq. \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:translation operator singular" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset we demonstratively expressed the translation operator elements as linear combinations of (outgoing) scalar spherical wavefunctions \begin_inset Formula $\sswfoutlm lm\left(\vect r\right)=h_{l}^{\left(1\right)}\left(r\right)\ush lm\left(\uvec r\right)$ \end_inset , because for them, fortunately, exponentially convergent Ewald-type summation formulae have been already developed \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout add refs \end_layout \end_inset \begin_inset CommandInset citation LatexCommand cite key "moroz_quasi-periodic_2006,linton_one-_2009,linton_lattice_2010" literal "false" \end_inset and can be applied to our case. If we formally label \begin_inset Marginal status open \begin_layout Plain Layout Check signs. \end_layout \end_inset \begin_inset Formula \begin{equation} \sigma_{l,m}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)=\sum_{\vect n\in\ints^{d}}\left(1-\delta_{\vect{R_{n}},\vect s}\right)e^{i\vect{\vect k}\cdot\left(\vect R_{\vect n}-\vect s\right)}\sswfoutlm lm\left(\vect{R_{n}}-\vect s\right),\label{eq:sigma lattice sums} \end{equation} \end_inset we see from eqs. \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:translation operator singular" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset , \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:W definition" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset that the matrix elements of \begin_inset Formula $W_{\alpha\beta}(\vect k)$ \end_inset read \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout \begin_inset Formula \[ W_{\alpha\beta}(\vect k)\equiv\sum_{\vect m\in\ints^{d}}\left(1-\delta_{\alpha\beta}\right)\tropsp{\vect 0,\alpha}{\vect m,\beta}e^{i\vect k\cdot\vect R_{\vect m}}, \] \end_inset \end_layout \end_inset \begin_inset Formula \begin{align*} W_{\alpha,\tau lm;\beta,\tau l'm'}(\vect k) & =\sum_{\lambda=\left|l-l'\right|}^{l+l'}C_{lm;l'm'}^{\lambda}\sigma_{\lambda,m-m'}\left(\vect k,\vect r_{\beta}-\vect r_{\alpha}\right),\\ W_{\alpha,\tau lm;\beta,\tau'l'm'}(\vect k) & =\sum_{\lambda=\left|l-l'\right|+1}^{l+l'}D_{lm;l'm'}^{\lambda}\sigma_{\lambda,m-m'}\left(\vect k,\vect r_{\beta}-\vect r_{\alpha}\right),\quad\tau'\ne\tau, \end{align*} \end_inset \begin_inset Marginal status open \begin_layout Plain Layout Check signs \end_layout \end_inset where the constant factors are exactly the same as in \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:translation operator constant factors" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset . \end_layout \begin_layout Standard For reader's reference, we list the Ewald-type formulae for lattice sums \begin_inset Formula $\sigma_{l,m}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)$ \end_inset from \begin_inset CommandInset citation LatexCommand cite key "linton_lattice_2010" literal "false" \end_inset rewritten in a way that is independent on particular phase or normalisation conventions of vector spherical harmonics. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard In all three dimensionality cases, the lattice sums are divided into short-range and long-range parts, \begin_inset Formula $\sigma_{l,m}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)=\sigma_{l,m}^{\left(\mathrm{S},\eta\right)}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)+\sigma_{l,m}^{\left(\mathrm{L},\eta\right)}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)$ \end_inset depending on a positive parameter \begin_inset Formula $\eta$ \end_inset . The short-range part has in all three cases the same form: \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout Check sign of s \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset Formula \begin{multline} \sigma_{l,m}^{\left(\mathrm{S},\eta\right)}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)=-\frac{2^{l+1}i}{\kappa^{l+1}\sqrt{\pi}}\sum_{\vect n\in\ints^{d}}\left(1-\delta_{\vect{R_{n}},-\vect s}\right)\left|\vect{R_{n}+\vect s}\right|^{l}\ush lm\left(\vect{R_{n}+\vect s}\right)e^{i\vect k\cdot\left(\vect{R_{n}+\vect s}\right)}\int_{\eta}^{\infty}e^{-\left|\vect{R_{n}+\vect s}\right|^{2}\xi^{2}}e^{-\kappa/4\xi^{2}}\xi^{2l}\ud\xi\\ +\frac{\delta_{l0}\delta_{m0}}{\sqrt{4\pi}}\Gamma\left(-\frac{1}{2},-\frac{\kappa}{4\eta^{2}}\right)\ush lm\left(\vect{R_{n}+\vect s}\right),\label{eq:Ewald in 3D short-range part} \end{multline} \end_inset \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout NEPATŘÍ TAM NĚJAKÁ DELTA FUNKCE K PŮVODNÍMU \begin_inset Formula $\sigma_{n}^{m(0)}$ \end_inset ? \end_layout \end_inset \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout Poznámka ohledně zahození radiální části u kulových fcí? \end_layout \end_inset The long-range part for cases \begin_inset Formula $d=1,2$ \end_inset reads \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout check sign of \begin_inset Formula $\vect k$ \end_inset \end_layout \end_inset \begin_inset Formula \begin{multline} \sigma_{l,m}^{\left(\mathrm{S},\eta\right)}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)=-\frac{i^{l+1}}{\kappa^{d}\mathcal{A}}\pi^{2+\left(3-d\right)/2}2\left(\left(l-m\right)/2\right)!\left(\left(l+m\right)/2\right)!\times\\ \times\sum_{\vect K\in\Lambda^{*}}\ush lm\left(\vect k+\vect K\right)\sum_{j=0}^{\left[\left(l-\left|m\right|/2\right)\right]}\frac{\left(-1\right)^{j}\left(\left|\vect k+\vect K\right|/\kappa\right)^{l-2j}\Gamma\left(-j,\frac{k^{2}\gamma\left(\left|\vect k+\vect K\right|/\kappa\right)}{4\eta^{2}}\right)}{j!\left(\frac{1}{2}\left(l-m\right)-j\right)!\left(\frac{1}{2}\left(l+m\right)-j\right)!}\left(\gamma\left(\left|\vect k+\vect K\right|/\kappa\right)\right)^{2j+3-d}\label{eq:Ewald in 3D long-range part 1D 2D} \end{multline} \end_inset and for \begin_inset Formula $d=3$ \end_inset \begin_inset Formula \begin{equation} \sigma_{l,m}^{\left(\mathrm{S},\eta\right)}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)=\frac{4\pi i^{l+1}}{\kappa\mathcal{A}}\sum_{\vect K\in\Lambda^{*}}\frac{\left(\left|\vect k+\vect K\right|/\kappa\right)^{l}}{\kappa^{2}-\left|\vect k+\vect K\right|^{2}}e^{\left(\kappa^{2}-\left|\vect k+\vect K\right|^{2}\right)/4\eta^{2}}\ush lm\left(\vect k+\vect K\right).\label{eq:Ewald in 3D long-range part 3D} \end{equation} \end_inset Here \begin_inset Formula $\mathcal{A}$ \end_inset is the unit cell volume (or length/area in the 1D/2D lattice cases). The sums are taken over the reciprocal lattice \begin_inset Formula $\Lambda^{*}$ \end_inset with lattice vectors \begin_inset Formula $\left\{ \vect b_{i}\right\} _{i=1}^{d}$ \end_inset satisfying \begin_inset Formula $\vect a_{i}\cdot\vect b_{j}=\delta_{ij}$ \end_inset . The function \begin_inset Formula $\gamma\left(z\right)$ \end_inset used in \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:Ewald in 3D long-range part 1D 2D" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset is defined as \begin_inset Formula \[ \gamma\left(z\right)=\left(z-1\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}\left(z+1\right)^{\frac{1}{2}},\quad-\frac{3\pi}{2}<\arg\left(z-1\right)<\frac{\pi}{2},-\frac{\pi}{2}<\arg\left(z+1\right)<\frac{3\pi}{2}. \] \end_inset The Ewald parameter \begin_inset Formula $\eta$ \end_inset determines the pace of convergence of both parts. The larger \begin_inset Formula $\eta$ \end_inset is, the faster \begin_inset Formula $\sigma_{l,m}^{\left(\mathrm{S},\eta\right)}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)$ \end_inset converges but the slower \begin_inset Formula $\sigma_{l,m}^{\left(L,\eta\right)}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)$ \end_inset converges. Therefore (based on the lattice geometry) it has to be adjusted in a way that a reasonable amount of terms needs to be evaluated numerically from both \begin_inset Formula $\sigma_{l,m}^{\left(\mathrm{S},\eta\right)}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)$ \end_inset and \begin_inset Formula $\sigma_{l,m}^{\left(\mathrm{L},\eta\right)}\left(\vect k,\vect s\right)$ \end_inset . \begin_inset Marginal status open \begin_layout Plain Layout What would be a good choice? \end_layout \end_inset \begin_inset Marginal status open \begin_layout Plain Layout I have some error estimates derived in my notes. Should I include them? \end_layout \end_inset \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout Generally, a good choice for \begin_inset Formula $\eta$ \end_inset is TODO; in order to achieve accuracy TODO, one has to evaluate the terms on TODO lattice points. \end_layout \end_inset \begin_inset Note Note status open \begin_layout Plain Layout (I HAVE SOME DERIVATIONS OF THE ESTIMATES IN MY NOTES; SHOULD I INCLUDE THEM?) \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard In practice, the integrals in \begin_inset CommandInset ref LatexCommand eqref reference "eq:Ewald in 3D short-range part" plural "false" caps "false" noprefix "false" \end_inset can be easily evaluated by numerical quadrature and the incomplete \begin_inset Formula $\Gamma$ \end_inset -functions using the series 8.7.3 from \begin_inset CommandInset citation LatexCommand cite key "NIST:DLMF" literal "false" \end_inset . \end_layout \end_body \end_document