[Pw_forum] About the flattening of phonon branches

[Reza Ebraahimi]

Hello everyone
I have a question, i wonder what is the physics behind the flatterning of the acoustic and optical phonon branches in some specific directions of the 1st Brillouin zone of some of the crystals? 
Thanks for any comment


      
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