The insulator-metal transition in hydrogen

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 12743-12744

  Silvera, Isaac ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; PROTON;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IONIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77955645491     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007947107     Document Type: Note

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