Dissociation of high-pressure solid molecular hydrogen: A quantum monte carlo and anharmonic vibrational study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2014, Pages

  Azadi, Sam ^a   Monserrat, Bartomeu ^b   Foulkes, W M C ^a   Needs, R J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ANHARMONIC VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES; DIFFUSION QUANTUM MONTE CARLO; DISSOCIATION PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE SOLIDS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD METHOD; VIBRATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES;

DISSOCIATION;

EID: 84899047767     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.165501     Document Type: Article

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