Self-consistent energy-band calculations for vanadium were performed by the augmented-plane-wave (APW) method, for different values of the statistical exchange parameter $\alpha$, at normal and reduced lattice constants. Comparisons have been made, with Fermi-surface, soft-x-ray, photoemission, and electronic specific-heat experiments, and reasonable agreement was found.

• Received 20 September 1971

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.5.1214