On the high pressure axial ratio anomaly in zinc and the roles of temperature and different electronic topological transitions

Modak, P. ; Rao, R. S. ; Godwal, B. K. (2002) On the high pressure axial ratio anomaly in zinc and the roles of temperature and different electronic topological transitions Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 14 (44). pp. 10927-10930. ISSN 0953-8984

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Official URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-8984/14/44/403

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/14/44/403

Abstract

We report electronic structure calculations on zinc at various compressions. Our calculations show that an electronic topological transition (ETT) associated with the anomaly in the axial ratio (c/a) at high pressures is sensitive to k sampling used in the calculations, exchange-correlation potential and temperature. We show that K-point ETT does not contribute to the anomaly, and thus disagree with the model of contributions from many ETTs. Hence only the L-point ETT is significant. We suggest that, even though temperature smearing of the Fermi function reduces the signatures of ETT, it does not wipe out the anomaly at room temperature.

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