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The resonance states which appear in a crystal submitted to an external constant electric field are shown to be close to the eigenstates of the Schrödinger operator obtained neglecting the interband terms.
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Bentosela, F. (1991). Stark — Wannier Resonant States. In: Boutet de Monvel, A., Dita, P., Nenciu, G., Purice, R. (eds) Recent Developments in Quantum Mechanics. Mathematical Physics Studies, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3282-4_4
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