Distinct metallization and atomization transitions in dense liquid hydrogen

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Mazzola, Guglielmo ^a   Sorella, Sandro ^a  

^a DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; FLUIDS; HYDROGEN; LIQUEFIED GASES; METALLIZING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FINITE TEMPERATURES; FIRST ORDER TRANSITIONS; INTERMEDIATE PHASE; LARGE-SCALE CALCULATION; METALLIC BEHAVIORS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL EVIDENCE; QUANTUM MONTE CARLO;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84925424653     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.105701     Document Type: Article

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