Band structure of new superconducting AlB_2-like ternary silicides   M(Al_{0.5}Si_{0.5})_2 and M(Ga_{0.5}Si_{0.5})_2 (M= Ca, Sr and Ba)
  The electronic band structures of the new superconducting (with T_c up to 7.7K) ternary silicides M(A_{0.5}Si_{0.5})_2 (M= Ca, Sr, Ba; A= Al, Ga) in the AlB_2-type structure have been investigated using the full-potential LMTO method. The calculations showed that the trend in transition temperatures doesn't follow the changes in the density d-states at the Fermi level and probably is associated with phonon-mode frequencies. 
I.R. Shein, N.I. Medvedeva and A.L. Ivanovskii