Modeling Thermal Expansion of $Ni_{2}MnGe$

The present study of $Ni_{2}MnGe$ is focused on describing the thermal properties of the alloy in the framework of first-principles electronic structure calculations coupled with a Debye treatment of the vibrating lattice. The electronic structure of $Ni_{2}MnGe$ has been studied using the full-potential nonorthogonal local-orbital minimum basis method. Two approximations for Grüneisen parameter γ, i.e. Slater's and Dugdale and MacDonald's expressions were assumed.