Electronic Structure and Electron-Phonon Interaction in Hexagonal Yttrium

dc.creatorSingh, Prabhakar P.
dc.date2006-07-06
dc.date2006-12-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:37:10Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:37:10Z
dc.descriptionTo understand the pressure-induced changes in the electronic structure and the electron-phonon interaction in yttrium, we have studied hexagonal close-packed (hcp) yttrium, stable at ambient pressure and double hexagonal close-packed (dhcp) yttrium, stable up to around 44 GPa, using density-functional-based methods. Our results show that as one goes from hcp yttrium to dhcp yttrium, there is (i) a substantial charge-transfer from s->d with extensive modifications of the d-band and a sizable reduction in the density of states at the Fermi energy, (ii) a substantial stiffening of phonon modes with the electron-phonon coupling covering the entire frequency range, (iii) an increase in the electron-phonon coupling constant λfrom 0.55 to 1.24, leading to a change in the superconducting transition temperature T_c from 0.3 K to 15.3 K for μ*=0.2.
dc.description8 pages, 7 figures, Added linear-response calculations using full-potential LMTO method
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607176
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607176
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/120681
dc.subjectSuperconductivity
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleElectronic Structure and Electron-Phonon Interaction in Hexagonal Yttrium
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