Computer simulation of quantum melting in hydrogen clusters

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1884-1888

  Baroni, Stefano ^a   Moroni, Saverio ^b  

^a DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Phase transitions; Quantum clusters; Reptation Monte Carlo; Superfluidity

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; MELTING; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

DYNAMICAL CORRELATIONS; FREEZING BEHAVIOR; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE; ICOSAHEDRAL STRUCTURE; PARA-HYDROGEN CLUSTERS; QUANTUM CLUSTERS; QUANTUM MONTE CARLO; REPTATION;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 24944552350     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200400657     Document Type: Article

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