Phonon softening and superconductivity in tellurium under pressure

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1151-1154

  Mauri, Francesco ^a   Zakharov, Oleg ^a   Gironcoli, Stefano De ^b   Louie, Steven G ^a   Cohen, Marvin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRONS; FREE ENERGY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHONONS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON PHONON INTERACTION; PHONON CONTRIBUTION; PHONON DISPERSION; PHONON SOFTENING; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE;

TELLURIUM;

EID: 6144221790     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.1151     Document Type: Article

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