Strong anharmonicity induces quantum melting of charge density wave in 2H-NbSe2 under pressure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 14, 2015, Pages

  Leroux, Maxime ^a,h   Errea, Ion ^b,c,d   Le Tacon, Mathieu ^e   Souliou, Sofia Michaela ^e   Garbarino, Gaston ^f   Cario, Laurent ^g   Bosak, Alexey ^f   Mauri, Francesco ^d   Calandra, Matteo ^d   Rodière, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^h ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84946925502     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.140303     Document Type: Article

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