Neutron and X-ray diffraction study of the broken symmetry phase transition in solid deuterium

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7046, 2005, Pages 1206-1209

  Goncharenko, Igor ^a   Loubeyre, Paul ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MACROSCOPIC CONSEQUENCES; ORTHORHOMBIC STRUCTURES; QUANTUM MOLECULAR SOLIDS; SOLID HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS;

DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS;

DEUTERIUM; HELIUM; HYDROGEN;

CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLID; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 21744435299     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03699     Document Type: Article

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