Electronic dynamics and plasmons of sodium under compression

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

Volumn 108, Issue 51, 2011, Pages 20434-20437

  Mao, Ho Kwang ^a,b,c   Ding, Yang ^d   Xiao, Yuming ^b   Chow, Paul ^b   Shu, Jinfu ^c   Lebeǵue, Seb́astien ^e   Lazicki, Amy ^f   Ahuja, Rajeev ^g,h  

^a High Pressure Synergetic Consortium   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Nancy University CNRS   (France)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkali metal; Free electron gas; Generalized gradient approximation; High pressure

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONS; GASES; METALS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PRESSURE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SODIUM; X-RAYS;

EID: 84855487271     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1116930108     Document Type: Article

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