ORDER PARAMETER AND A CRITICAL-POINT ON THE MEGABAR-PRESSURE HYDROGEN-A PHASE LINE

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作者
LORENZANA, HE
SILVERA, IF
GOETTEL, KA
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[1] COLL FRANCE,F-75231 PARIS 05,FRANCE
[2] ECOLE NORM SUPER,SPECT HERTZIENNE LAB,F-75231 PARIS 05,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1901
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We present experimental evidence that a critical point, also reported by Hemley and Mao, exists for the hydrogen-A phase line at a pressure of 173(4) GPa and 151(15) K. We give an interpretation of this critical point in terms of its relationship to a low-pressure disordered insulating phase and a possible metallic phase at high pressure. We interpret the temeprature dependence of the vibron frequency of the H-A phase as a measure of one of the two order parameters characterizing this phase. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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