Geometry and electronic structure of α-Pu: A theoretical study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Sadigh, Babak ^a   Söderlind, Per ^a   Wolfer, Wilhelm G ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FORCE; GEOMETRY; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; POLARIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VIBRATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 1042299902     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.241101     Document Type: Article

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