Abstract
Calculations of the anharmonic effects in alkali metals have shown that for the short-wave phonons of the soft Σ4-branch the frequencies ωi increase and the Grüneisen parameters γi sharply decrease with increasing temperature. Recent experiments for Na and Li appear to confirm these predictions. Our calculations show that in the bcc alkali-earth metals both anomalies are still more pronounced increasing in scale in the Ba-Ca-Sr series.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 37-42 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics |
Volume | 127 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 1988 |
Externally published | Yes |