Theoretical and computational study of high-pressure structures in barium

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 5580-5583

  Reed, Stewart K ^a   Ackland, Graeme J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BAND STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STABILITY;

ELEMENTAL STRUCTURES; FREE ELECTRON THEORY; HIGH PRESSURE STRUCTURES; INTERPENETRATING INCOMMENSURATE LATTICES; PSEUDOPOTENTIAL CALCULATIONS;

BARIUM;

EID: 0033721680     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5580     Document Type: Article

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