Metal-Insulator Transition in Low Density Atomic Hydrogen

ORAL

Abstract

At low density BCC hydrogen undergoes a metal-insulator transition. We compute the zero temperature equation of state for the paramagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic phases using diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo. We predict the phase transition density, investigate the shape of the anti-ferromagnetic curve, and compare to previous results

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Authors

  • Jeremy McMinis

    University of Illinois

  • Jeongnim Kim

    Oak Ridge National Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • David Ceperley

    University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign