Self-consistent APW bandstructure of V₃Ga

Energy bands and densities of states have been calculated for V3Ga using the self-consistent APW method. Relativistic effects and interstitial corrections to the muffin-tin approximation have been included. Calculations using the local density approximation (LDA) exchange of Hedin and Lundqvist (1971), and an alpha =2/3, rho 13/, local exchange are compared. The general computational techniques used in this and other A15 material calculations in progress are discussed.