ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Some time ago Min et al. [Phys. Rev. B 30, 5076 (1984)] found the near-equilibrium sequence of phases of paramagnetic crystalline H to be (in order of increasing energy) simple cubic (SC), hexagonal close packed (HCP), body-centered cubic (BCC), and face-centered cubic (FCC), with FCC and HCP substantially separated (about 60 mRy/atom). This result is counterintuitive on three counts when compared with crystalline Li. That comparison suggests that HCP should lie only slightly below FCC and both should be substantially below BCC. (Simple cubic should lie lowest in H but not in Li because of the difference in orbital occupancy.) We have redone the calculations with our published full-potential linearized augmented plane wave code WIEN. We find the sequence of phases with increasing energy to be SC, HCP, FCC, and BCC, the ordering expected from solid Li. By direct exploration of dense k-space meshes, we show that the difference in predictions results from a k-space mesh extrapolation technique used by Min et al.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560420436
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