Phonon dispersions of fcc δ-plutonium-gallium by inelastic x-ray scattering

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5636, 2003, Pages 1078-1080

  Wong, Joe ^a   Krisch, Michael ^b   Farber, Daniel L ^a   Occelli, Florent ^a   Schwartz, Adam J ^a   Chiang, Tai C ^c   Wall, Mark ^a   Boro, Carl ^a   Xu, Ruqing ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; X RAY SCATTERING;

VALENCE INSTABILITIES;

PHONONS;

GALLIUM; PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0041328410     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1087179     Document Type: Article

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