Fermi surface nesting and phonon instabilities in simple cubic calcium

High Pressure Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-448

  Errea, Ion ^a,b   Martinez Canales, Miguel ^a,b   Oganov, Artem R ^c,d   Bergara, Aitor ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anharmonicity; Fermi surface nesting; High pressure; Phonon instabilities; Simple cubic calcium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FERMIONS; ORGANIC SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHONONS; SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

ANHARMONICITY; FERMI SURFACE NESTING; HIGH PRESSURE; PHONON INSTABILITIES; SIMPLE CUBIC CALCIUM;

FERMI SURFACE;

EID: 57649227667     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957950802497331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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