I am working on deriving the intensity equations for the dynamical diffraction of neutrons following along with a paper by Hartmut Lemmel (Hartmut Lemmel. Dynamical diffraction of neutrons and transition from beam splitter to phase shifter case. Phys. Rev. B, 76:144305, Oct 2007).
The first task is to get the following equation for an infinite system of coupled equations
$$ \Biggl(\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}|\vec{K}-\vec{H}|^2-E\Biggr)u_\vec{H}=-\sum_\vec{H^\prime}V_{\vec{H^\prime}-\vec{H}}u_\vec{H^\prime} $$
I am trying to work out all the math myself so I am plugging in both $$ \psi(\vec{r})=e^{i\vec{K}\vec{r}}\sum_{\vec{H}}u_{\vec{H}}e^{i\vec{H}\vec{r}} $$ and $$ V(\vec{r})=\sum_\vec{H}V_\vec{H}e^{i\vec{H}\vec{r}} $$ into the stationary Schrödinger equation $$ -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\nabla^2\psi(\vec{r})+V(\vec{r})\psi(\vec{r})=E\psi(\vec{r}) $$ and simplifying down to the first equation above. I have gotten through enough of the math to get to the following $$ e^{i\vec{K}\vec{r}}\sum_\vec{H}\Biggl(\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}|\vec{K}-\vec{H}|^2-E\Biggr)u_\vec{H}e^{i\vec{H\vec{r}}}=-\sum_\vec{H}V_\vec{H}e^{i\vec{H}\vec{r}}\Biggl(e^{i\vec{K}\vec{r}}\sum_{H^\prime}u_\vec{H^\prime}e^{i\vec{H^\prime}\vec{r}}\Biggr) $$ I assume from here I am able to cancel the $e^{i\vec{K}\vec{r}}$ and $e^{i\vec{H}\vec{r}}$ on both sides in order to leave me with $$ \sum_\vec{H}\Biggl(\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}|\vec{K}-\vec{H}|^2-E\Biggr)u_\vec{H}=-\sum_\vec{H}V_\vec{H}\Biggl(\sum_{H^\prime}u_\vec{H^\prime}e^{i\vec{H^\prime}\vec{r}}\Biggr) $$ I have never been that great at working with summations so if that is not allowed please do let me know. If it is, I am a little lost from here.
- How does the sum over $\vec{H}$ on the left side go away?
- How do we accomplish the change in the summation indices on the right side to get it to look like we want it to?
- What happens to the $e^{i\vec{H^\prime}\vec{r}}$ in the second summation on the right side? How does that disappear?
I know this is probably such a trivial step, but it just isn't clear to me how this is accomplished or reasoned through. Any help would be greatly appreciated!