Probing the structure of iron at extreme conditions by X-ray absorption near-edge structure calculations

High Pressure Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-123

  Raji, A T ^a,b   Scandolo, S ^a,c   Harting M ^b   Britton, D T ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c IOM CNR LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extreme conditions; First principles; Iron; Molecular dynamics; Pseudopotentials; X ray absorption

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; EXTREME CONDITIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; NORM-CONSERVING PSEUDOPOTENTIALS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; PSEUDOPOTENTIALS; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

CALCULATIONS; IRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

X RAY ABSORPTION;

EID: 84877136807     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957959.2012.753070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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