Abstract
The author extends the treatment of Norgett, Stoneham and Pathak (1977) to the later alkaline earth oxides; CaO, SrO and BaO. Calculations show that the optical band observed for the V- and allied defects in these compounds is to be ascribed to a small-polaron transition as in the model of Schirmer, Koidl and Reik (1974) for MgO. Ground state properties are calculated and compared with experiment where possible.

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