Quantum distribution of protons in solid molecular hydrogen at megabar pressures

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6775, 2000, Pages 259-262

  Kitamura, Hikaru ^a,b,c   Tsuneyuki, Shinji ^a   Ogitsu, Tadashi ^a,d   Miyake, Takashi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e JT RES CENTER FOR ATOM TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034673704     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35005027     Document Type: Article

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