Towards a predictive first-principles description of solid molecular hydrogen with density functional theory

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Morales, Miguel A ^a   McMahon, Jeffrey M ^b   Pierleoni, Carlo ^c   Ceperley, David M ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

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EID: 84877885609     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.184107     Document Type: Article

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