Publication Date:
2012-03-01
Description:
Author(s): Per Söderlind, B. Grabowski, L. Yang, A. Landa, T. Björkman, P. Souvatzis, and O. Eriksson A microscopic explanation for temperature stabilization of the body-centered cubic (bcc) phase in the actinide metals is proposed. We show that for a prototype actinide, uranium, phonon-phonon interaction promotes bcc γ -U when heated, even though at low temperatures, it is mechanically a strongly un... [Phys. Rev. B 85, 060301] Published Wed Feb 29, 2012
Keywords:
Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects
Print ISSN:
1098-0121
Electronic ISSN:
1095-3795
Topics:
Physics
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