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This set of lectures is designed to establish the general equations as well as the approximations that are used in formulating the equations which are used to describe excitons. As example of the use of exciton theory, the visible optical spectrum of two typical polydiacetylene crystals calculated by S. Suhai (PTS with an acetylene-like structure and TCDU with a butatriene-like structure) are presented using a first principle Green’s function formalism of charge transfer exciton theory. Also the formalism of a model of a high-temperature superconductor based on the exciton mechanism is presented.
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Collins, T.C. (1984). Theory of Excitons in Organic Solids. In: Ladik, J., André, JM., Seel, M. (eds) Quantum Chemistry of Polymers — Solid State Aspects. NATO ASI Series, vol 123. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6366-5_4
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