Electronic, vibrational, and superconducting properties of CaBeSi: First-principles calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Bersier, C ^a,b   Floris, A ^a,b   Sanna, A ^a,b   Profeta, G ^c   Continenza, A ^c   Gross, E K U ^a,b   Massidda, S ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

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EID: 63149133226     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.104503     Document Type: Article

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