Elastic constants of quantum solids by path integral simulations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 22, 2001, Pages

  Schöffel, Philipp ^a   Müser, Martin H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HELIUM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; KINETICS; PREDICTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SOLID;

EID: 0034902779     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.224108     Document Type: Article

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