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Renormalization-Group Study Of A Hybrid Driven Diffusive System, K. E. Bassler, Beate Schmittmann May 1994

Renormalization-Group Study Of A Hybrid Driven Diffusive System, K. E. Bassler, Beate Schmittmann

Beate Schmittmann

We consider a d-dimensional stochastic lattice gas of interacting particles, diffusing under the influence of a short-ranged, attractive Ising Hamiltonian and a ‘‘hybrid’’ external field which is a superposition of a uniform and an annealed random drive, acting in orthogonal subspaces of dimensions one and m, respectively. Driven into a nonequilibrium steady state, the half-filled system phase segregates via a continuous transition at a field-dependent critical temperature. Using renormalization-group techniques, we show that its critical behavior falls into a new universality class with upper critical dimension dc=5-m, characterized by two distinct anisotropy exponents, which, like all other indices, are computed …


Magnetic And Crystallographic Order In Α‐Manganese, A. C. Lawson, Allen C. Larson, M. C. Aronson, S. Johnson, Z. Fisk, Paul C. Canfield, J. D. Thompson, R. B. Von Dreele Jan 1994

Magnetic And Crystallographic Order In Α‐Manganese, A. C. Lawson, Allen C. Larson, M. C. Aronson, S. Johnson, Z. Fisk, Paul C. Canfield, J. D. Thompson, R. B. Von Dreele

Paul C. Canfield

We have made time‐of‐flight neutron diffractionmeasurements on α‐manganese metal. Powder diffraction measurements were made at 14 temperatures between 15 and 305 K, and single crystalmeasurements were made at 15 and 300 K. We found that the crystal structure of α‐Mn is tetragonal below its Néel point of 100 K, with crystal symmetryI4̄2m and magnetic (Shubnikov) symmetry P I 4̄21 c. In agreement with the earlier results of Yamada et al., there are six independent magnetic atoms, and we found that their moments are weakly temperature dependent. The onset of magnetic order causes slight changes in the atomic positions and in …


Inclusion Of Charge Correlations In Calculations Of The Energetics And Electronic Structure For Random Substitutional Alloys, Duane D. Johnson, F. J. Pinski Oct 1993

Inclusion Of Charge Correlations In Calculations Of The Energetics And Electronic Structure For Random Substitutional Alloys, Duane D. Johnson, F. J. Pinski

Duane D. Johnson

Currently, the coherent-potential approximation (CPA) implemented via the multiple-scattering theory of Korringa, Kohn, and Rostoker (KKR) gives the best first-principles description of the electronic structure for random substitutional alloys. However, the total energy has an important component of electrostatic energy missing, namely, that arising from the correlation of charges with varying atomic environments. We develop a ‘‘charge-correlated’’ CPA method (cc-CPA) which includes (some) local environmental charge correlations within the KKR-CPA method. We investigate the cc-CPA energetics for several alloys and show that the formation energies are in better agreement with experimental results. These calculations show that the excess charge on …


Resistivity Of The High-Temperature Metallic Phase Of Vo2, Werner W. Schulz, Philip B. Allen, Renate M. Wentzcovitch, Paul C. Canfield Aug 1993

Resistivity Of The High-Temperature Metallic Phase Of Vo2, Werner W. Schulz, Philip B. Allen, Renate M. Wentzcovitch, Paul C. Canfield

Paul C. Canfield

Measurements are reported on the electrical resistivity ρ(T) along the c axis of a single crystal of VO2, from the metal-insulator transition at T=333 K up to 840 K. The temperature dependence is very linear, and a fit to Bloch-Grüneisen theory gives a residual resistivity ρ0=65 μΩ cm and a ratio ρ(840 K)/ρ0=8. With the help of a local-density-approximation band-structure calculation, we further pursue the conventional (Bloch-Boltzmann) interpretation by extracting the electron-phonon coupling constant λ=1.1 and the mean free path l(800 K)=3.3 Å. The short mean free path implies that the conventional interpretation is internally inconsistent. The most likely explanation …


Three-Point Correlation Functions In Uniformly And Randomly Driven Diffusive Systems, K. Hwang, Beate Schmittmann, R. K. P. Zia Aug 1993

Three-Point Correlation Functions In Uniformly And Randomly Driven Diffusive Systems, K. Hwang, Beate Schmittmann, R. K. P. Zia

Beate Schmittmann

Driven far away from equilibrium by both uniform and random external fields, a system of diffusing particles with short-range attractive forces displays many singular thermodynamic properties. Surprisingly, measuring pair correlations in lattice-gas models with saturation drives, we find little difference between the uniform and random cases, even though the underlying symmetries are quite distinct. Motivated by this puzzle, we study three-point correlations using both field-theoretic and simulation techniques. The continuum theory predicts the following: (a) The three-point function is nonzero only for the uniformly driven system; (b) it is odd under a parity transformation; and (c) there exists an infinite …


Tables Of Coincidence Orientations For Ordered Tetragonal L Lo Alloys For A Range Of Axial Ratios, Abha Singh, Alexander H. King Jan 1993

Tables Of Coincidence Orientations For Ordered Tetragonal L Lo Alloys For A Range Of Axial Ratios, Abha Singh, Alexander H. King

Alexander H. King

In this paper we develop and apply techniques for computation of CSL, DSCL and step-vector data for grain boundaries in tetragonal materials for a range of axial ratios. This has application to L10 alloys including TiA1, which is a candidate for lightweight high-temperature structural applications. Our results are compared with others and found to be more accurate and complete. We provide data for a wider range of axial ratios than those considered by previous workers. We have also derived equivalent quaternions for tetragonal crystals in tetragonal-crystal coordinates and listed conditions for selecting a unique reduced rotation in tetragonal-crystal coordinates so …


A Geometrical Rationalization Of The Special Properties Of The 14° [001] Grain Boundary In Yba2cu3o7−Δ, Alexander H. King, Abha Singh Jan 1993

A Geometrical Rationalization Of The Special Properties Of The 14° [001] Grain Boundary In Yba2cu3o7−Δ, Alexander H. King, Abha Singh

Alexander H. King

14° [001] tilt grain boundaries in YBa2Cu3O7−δ have been found to exhibit anomalously good superconducting critical currents, associated with magnetic flux pinning, although no special interfacial structure has heretofore been associated with this misorientation. We present an analysis of the geometry of the grain boundary in question and show that it can correspond to a special interface, within the definition of constrained lattice coincidence, which may lead to new understanding of the superconducting behavior of grain boundaries. Our analysis shows that the tetragonal‐to‐orthorhombic phase transformation may have important effects upon grain boundary structure and properties, indicating new approaches to producing …


Doping And Pressure Studies On Ybbipt, A. Lacerda, R. Movshovich, M. F. Hundley, Paul C. Canfield, D. Arms, G. Sparn, J. D. Thompson, Z. Fisk, N. E. Philips, H.-R. Ott Jan 1993

Doping And Pressure Studies On Ybbipt, A. Lacerda, R. Movshovich, M. F. Hundley, Paul C. Canfield, D. Arms, G. Sparn, J. D. Thompson, Z. Fisk, N. E. Philips, H.-R. Ott

Paul C. Canfield

The compound YbBiPt exhibits an extremely large low‐temperature C/T (γ∼8 J K−2 mol−1/Yb) which, if due solely to a renormalized effective mass, would make this material the heaviest correlated electron system known to date. In the Kondo model, the very large γ corresponds to a small characteristic energy scale that is expected to be pressure dependent. We have studied the effect of chemical pressure on YbBiPt single crystals by heat‐capacity measurements on Y and Lu‐doped samples. We have also made preliminary low‐temperature measurements under hydrostatic pressure of the heat capacity (300 mK≤T≤2 K, up to 8 kbar) and resistance (30 …


Nqr Study Of Local Structure And Cooling Rate‐Dependent Superconductivity In La2cuo4+Δ, A. P. Reyes, E. T. Ahrens, P. C. Hammel, J. D. Thompson, Paul C. Canfield, Z. Fisk, R. H. Heffner, J. E. Schirber Jan 1993

Nqr Study Of Local Structure And Cooling Rate‐Dependent Superconductivity In La2cuo4+Δ, A. P. Reyes, E. T. Ahrens, P. C. Hammel, J. D. Thompson, Paul C. Canfield, Z. Fisk, R. H. Heffner, J. E. Schirber

Paul C. Canfield

Preliminary results of structural studies in oxygen‐annealed La2CuO4+δ(δ∼0.03) using 139La nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) spectroscopy are reported. Superconducting critical temperatures were found to depend on the rate of cooling through a narrow temperature range near 195 K. Analysis of the 139La NQR spectra reveal that lanthanum atoms in the oxygen‐rich metallic region occupy two sites having different local environments. One site has a structural configuration closely related to the stoichiometric oxygen‐poor compound. The second appears only below 200 K and exhibits a large shift and broad distribution of NQR frequency ν Q . Shifts in ν Q in the vicinity …


Spatial Variation Of A Short-Lived Intermediate Chemical Species In A Couette Reactor, R. Dennis Vigil, Q. Ouyang, Harry L. Swinney Apr 1992

Spatial Variation Of A Short-Lived Intermediate Chemical Species In A Couette Reactor, R. Dennis Vigil, Q. Ouyang, Harry L. Swinney

R. Dennis Vigil

We have conducted experiments and simulations of the spatial variation of a short-lived intermediate species (triiodide) in the autocatalytic oxidation of arsenite by iodate in a reactor that is essentially one dimensional-the Couette reactor. (This reactor consists of two concentric cylinders with the inner one rotating and the outer one at rest; reagents are continuously fed and removed at each end in such a way that there is no net axial flux and there are opposing arsenite and iodate gradients.) The predictions ?f a one-dim~ns~onal . reaction-diffusion model which has no adjustable parameters, are In good qualItative (and, In some …


Pinski Et Al. Reply, F. J. Pinski, B. Ginatempo, Duane D. Johnson, J. B. Staunton, G. M. Stocks, B. L. Gyorffy Mar 1992

Pinski Et Al. Reply, F. J. Pinski, B. Ginatempo, Duane D. Johnson, J. B. Staunton, G. M. Stocks, B. L. Gyorffy

Duane D. Johnson

With our calculations [I], we uncovered the electronic mechanism responsible for inducing atomic short-range order (SRO) in the disordered solid solution of NiPt as it is cooled. Usually, but not always, SRO, whether derived theoretically or measured experimentally, indicates the nature of the long-rangeordered (LRO) state that will stabilize at low temperature. Our calculation of the atomic SRO, while agreeing with experiments [2], neglected the relativistic effects in the electronic structure. Lu, Wei, and Zunger (LWZ) [3,4], on the other hand, have calculated the L lo-ordered alloy formation energy and find that only when relativistic effects are included is the …


Tem Observations Of The Mechanism Of Delamination Of Chromium Films From Silicon Substrates, D. Goyal, Alexander H. King Feb 1992

Tem Observations Of The Mechanism Of Delamination Of Chromium Films From Silicon Substrates, D. Goyal, Alexander H. King

Alexander H. King

We have observed the complete delamination of polycrystalline chromium films from single crystal silicon substrates during deposition due to the formation of high internal stresses. These intrinsic stresses can give rise to interfacial defects which assist in the separation of the film from the substrate. Stresses in the film are balanced by stresses in the substrate, which cause mechanical failure in the substrate near the interface. Extensive arrays of dislocations and cracking of the substrate have been observed. We find that the delamination of the films from the substrate is initiated by the formation of damage in the substrate, rather …


First-Principles Study Of Phase Stability In Cu-Zn Substitutional Alloys, P. E. A. Turchi, M. Sluiter, F. J. Pinski, Duane D. Johnson, D. M. Nicholson, G. M. Stocks, J. B. Staunton Sep 1991

First-Principles Study Of Phase Stability In Cu-Zn Substitutional Alloys, P. E. A. Turchi, M. Sluiter, F. J. Pinski, Duane D. Johnson, D. M. Nicholson, G. M. Stocks, J. B. Staunton

Duane D. Johnson

A parameter-free approach to phase stability in Cu-Zn substitutional alloys is shown to describe order-disorder phenomena and structural transformations with remarkable accuracy. The method is based on a multiple-scattering description of the electronic structure properties of the random alloy. Configurational order is treated within the generalized perturbation method and the concentration-functional theory. Thermodynamical properties of α and β brasses are derived from the cluster variation method. This advanced scheme is of general validity and is expected to yield similarly accurate results for other Hume-Rothery alloys.


Three-Point Correlations In Driven Diffusive Systems With Ising Symmetry, Beate Schmittmann, R. K. P. Zia Jul 1991

Three-Point Correlations In Driven Diffusive Systems With Ising Symmetry, Beate Schmittmann, R. K. P. Zia

Beate Schmittmann

For equilibrium systems with Ising symmetry, the three-point correlation function is always zero above criticality. When a lattice-gas version of this system is driven to a nonequilibrium steady state, this correlation becomes nontrivial. Its dominant large-scale behavior is found to be a consequence of both the manifest breaking of Ising symmetry by the driving force and the more subtle violation of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem.


Finger Formation In A Driven Diffusive System, D. H. Boal, Beate Schmittmann, R. K. P. Zia May 1991

Finger Formation In A Driven Diffusive System, D. H. Boal, Beate Schmittmann, R. K. P. Zia

Beate Schmittmann

A driven diffusive lattice gas is studied in a rectangular geometry: particles are fed in at one side and extracted at the other, after being swept through the system by a uniform driving field. Being periodic in the transverse direction, the lattice lies on the surface of a cylinder. The resulting nonequilibrium steady state depends strongly on this choice of boundary conditions. Both Monte Carlo and analytic techniques are employed to investigate the structure of typical configurations, the density profile, the steady-state current, and the nearest-neighbor correlations. As the temperature is lowered in a finite system, the simulations indicate a …


Origins Of Compositional Order In Nipt Alloys, F. J. Pinski, B. Ginatempo, Duane D. Johnson, J. B. Staunton, G. M. Stocks, B. L. Gyorffy Feb 1991

Origins Of Compositional Order In Nipt Alloys, F. J. Pinski, B. Ginatempo, Duane D. Johnson, J. B. Staunton, G. M. Stocks, B. L. Gyorffy

Duane D. Johnson

We investigate the cause of compositional ordering in fcc Ni0.50Pt0.50 on the basis of a first-principles theory of electronic structure and finite-temperature concentration fluctuations. We treat the size effect, electronegativity, and band filling on an equal footing and find that the first of these dominates, leading to L10 ordering in agreement with experiment. An electronic origin is given for the metallurgical ‘‘rule of thumb’’ that alloys comprised of big atoms and little atoms tend to order into simple stuctures.


The Interaction Between Dislocations And Intergranular Cracks, H. Zhang, Alexander H. King, R. Thomson Feb 1991

The Interaction Between Dislocations And Intergranular Cracks, H. Zhang, Alexander H. King, R. Thomson

Alexander H. King

The elastic interactions of dislocations and intergranular cracks in isotropic materials have been studied. In the first part of the paper, a model based on the Rice–Thomson theory is established under which the conditions for dislocation emission and crack propagation can be described in terms of an emission surface, cleavage surface, and loading line in the local k-space associated with a mixed mode intergranular crack. For a given crack, the local k-field changes with the emission of dislocations from the crack tip, which alters the balance of cleavage and emission. In the second part, we present experimental results of in …


Critical Properties Of A Randomly Driven Diffusive System, Beate Schmittmann, R. K. P. Zia Jan 1991

Critical Properties Of A Randomly Driven Diffusive System, Beate Schmittmann, R. K. P. Zia

Beate Schmittmann

We consider a system of interacting particles, diffusing under the influence of both thermal noise and a random, external electric field which acts in a subspace of m dimensions. In the nonequilibrium steady state, the net current is zero. When the interparticle interaction is short ranged and attractive, a second-order phase transition is expected. Analyzing this system in field-theoretic terms, we find the upper critical dimension to be 4-m and its behavior to fall outside the universality classes of the equilibrium Ising model and the usual driven diffusive system. A new fixed point and critical exponents are computed.


The Slater–Pauling Curve: First Principles Calculations Of The Moments Of Fe1 − C Ni C And V1 − C Fe C, Duane Johnson, F. Pinski, J. Staunton Jan 1991

The Slater–Pauling Curve: First Principles Calculations Of The Moments Of Fe1 − C Ni C And V1 − C Fe C, Duane Johnson, F. Pinski, J. Staunton

Duane D. Johnson

We have performed calculations of the electronic structure of the random substitutional alloys Fe1−c Ni c and V1−c Fe c using the spin‐polarized, self‐consistent Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker coherent‐potential approximation (KKR‐CPA) method. This is a first principles method based on spin density functionaltheory and a local spin density approximation for the exchange and correlation functional. For fcc Fe1−c Ni c , a range of volumes were considered for 0.25


Novel Ce Magnetism In Cedipnictide And Di‐Ce Pnictide Structures, Paul C. Canfield, J. D. Thompson, Z. Fisk Jan 1991

Novel Ce Magnetism In Cedipnictide And Di‐Ce Pnictide Structures, Paul C. Canfield, J. D. Thompson, Z. Fisk

Paul C. Canfield

Results of electrical resistance and magnetic susceptibility measurements on Ce2Bi, Ce2Sb, CeScGe, CeScSi and CeSb2 are presented. Ce2Bi and Ce2Sb have antiferromagnetictransitions at low temperatures, while CeSb2, CeScGe and CeScSi have ferromagnetictransitions, CeScGe having a T c = 46 K. The data are analyzed with respect to the similarities of the two crystal structure groups that these materials fall into: CeSb2 having the LaSb2structure and the other materials all having the La2Sb structure.


Magnetism And Heavy Fermion‐Like Behavior In The Rbipt Series, Paul C. Canfield, J. D. Thompson, W. P. Beyermann, A. Lacerda, M. F. Hundley, E. Peterson, Z. Fisk, H. R. Ott Jan 1991

Magnetism And Heavy Fermion‐Like Behavior In The Rbipt Series, Paul C. Canfield, J. D. Thompson, W. P. Beyermann, A. Lacerda, M. F. Hundley, E. Peterson, Z. Fisk, H. R. Ott

Paul C. Canfield

Members of the RBiPt (R=Ce–Lu with the exceptions of Pm and Eu) series have been grown as single crystals.Magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistance have been measured on all members of the series, and specific heatmeasurements have been performed on representatives. The high temperature resistance uniformly changes from that of a small‐gap semiconductor or semimetal seen in NdBiPt to that of a heavy‐fermion metal seen in YbBiPt, which shows a linear coefficient of specific heat at low temperatures of 8 J/K2 mole. Further, the lighter rare earth members show an unusually sharp increase in their resistance associated with antiferromagnetic ordering at …


Theory Of Compositional And Magnetic Correlations In Alloys: Interpretation Of A Diffuse Neutron-Scattering Experiment On An Iron-Vanadium Single Crystal, J. B. Staunton, Duane D. Johnson, F. J. Pinski Sep 1990

Theory Of Compositional And Magnetic Correlations In Alloys: Interpretation Of A Diffuse Neutron-Scattering Experiment On An Iron-Vanadium Single Crystal, J. B. Staunton, Duane D. Johnson, F. J. Pinski

Duane D. Johnson

We describe a first-principles theory for compositional and magnetic correlations in alloys and compare the results of the theory with recent diffuse, unpolarized, neutron-scattering measurements on a single crystal of ferromagnetic Fe0.865V0.135. The nuclear cross section is described very well by the theory and we are able to connect the q-dependent structure to the underlying electronic structure of the alloy. The magnetocompositional and magnetic correlations also may be obtained for comparison to polarized measurements.


Total-Energy And Pressure Calculations For Random Substitutional Alloys, Duane D. Johnson, D. M. Nicholson, F. J. Pinski, B. L. Györffy, G. M. Stocks May 1990

Total-Energy And Pressure Calculations For Random Substitutional Alloys, Duane D. Johnson, D. M. Nicholson, F. J. Pinski, B. L. Györffy, G. M. Stocks

Duane D. Johnson

We present the details and the derivation of density-functional-based expressions for the total energy and pressure for random substitutional alloys (RSA) using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green’s-function approach in combination with the coherent-potential approximation (CPA) to treat the configurational averaging. This includes algebraic cancellation of various electronic core contributions to the total energy and pressure, as in ordered-solid muffin-tin-potential calculations. Thus, within the CPA, total-energy and pressure calculations for RSA have the same foundation and have been found to have the same accuracy as those obtained in similar calculations for ordered solids. Results of our calculations for the impurity formation energy, and …


Coincidence Orientations Of Crystals In Tetragonal Systems, With Applications To Yba2cu3o7, Abha Singh, N. Chandrasekhar, Alexander H. King Jan 1990

Coincidence Orientations Of Crystals In Tetragonal Systems, With Applications To Yba2cu3o7, Abha Singh, N. Chandrasekhar, Alexander H. King

Alexander H. King

We have developed a method for the characterization of coincidence-site lattices (CSL's) in tetragonal or near-tetragonal orthorhombic structures, by suitable modifications to the method of Grimmer & Warrington [Acta Cryst. (1987), A43, 232-243]. We have applied our method to determine coincidence rotations and the associated information appropriate for forming constrained CSL's in the high-To superconductor YBazCu307-n. The unit cell is orthorhombic with lattice parameters a = 3.82, b = 3"89 and c = 11.67 A for the nominal composition. We present tables of coincidence rotation angles, .Z, CSL, DSCL and associated step vectors up to ,~ = 50. We find …


Nife Invar Alloys: Theoretical Insights Into The Underlying Mechanisms Responsible For Their Physical Properties, Duane D. Johnson, F. J. Pinski, J. B. Staunton, B. L. Gyorffy, G. M. Stocks Jun 1989

Nife Invar Alloys: Theoretical Insights Into The Underlying Mechanisms Responsible For Their Physical Properties, Duane D. Johnson, F. J. Pinski, J. B. Staunton, B. L. Gyorffy, G. M. Stocks

Duane D. Johnson

What are the "driving forces" responsible for various physical properties of alloys? What causes alloy systems to order chemically and/or magnetically? To answer these questions, we have been using a quantum mechanical (QM) method to calculate cohesive energies, magnetic properties, and thermodynamic phase instability of alloys. This scheme directly incorporates the inherent disorder of the high-temperature solid solution and in this sense goes beyond traditional "band theory." Although approximations have been made at various steps in the thermodynamical averaging, and in the QM treatment of the electrons, adjustable parameters have not been used. Recently, for FCC NiFe (INVAR) alloys, we …


Phase Transitions In A Driven Lattice Gas With Repulsive Interactions, K.-T. Leung, Beate Schmittmann, R. K. P. Zia Apr 1989

Phase Transitions In A Driven Lattice Gas With Repulsive Interactions, K.-T. Leung, Beate Schmittmann, R. K. P. Zia

Beate Schmittmann

We study a lattice gas with repulsive nearest-neighbor interactions driven to steady state by an external electric field E. Using Monte Carlo techniques on a two-dimensional system, we find, in the E-T plane, a line of second-order transitions joining a line of first-order ones, at a point which is probably tricritical. From a field theoretical model, we show that the operator associated with E is naively irrelevant for critical behavior. This expectation is borne out by the Monte Carlo result β=(1/8.


Effects Of Pollution On Critical Population Dynamics, R. Kree, B. Schaub, Beate Schmittmann Feb 1989

Effects Of Pollution On Critical Population Dynamics, R. Kree, B. Schaub, Beate Schmittmann

Beate Schmittmann

We investigate the effects of pollution on a population that is on the brink of extinction. In the vicinity of the associated critical point, the temporal scales of the population density fluctuations are found to be completely governed by the diffusive behavior of the pollution density fluctuations. Moreover, the mean value of the population density is found to vanish with a larger power-law exponent in the presence of pollution density fluctuations. Results are obtained within a renormaliza- tion-group calculation to O(ε) (ε=4-d, d being the spatial dimension).


Effects Of Surfaces On Dynamic Percolation, H. K. Janssen, B. Schaub, Beate Schmittmann Dec 1988

Effects Of Surfaces On Dynamic Percolation, H. K. Janssen, B. Schaub, Beate Schmittmann

Beate Schmittmann

The general epidemic process, which is a stochastic multiparticle process belonging to the universality class of dynamic percolation, is studied in a semi-infinite geometry. Critical exponents characterizing the fractal properties are calculated to O(ε) (ε=6-d, where d is the spatial dimension) with use of renormalization-group techniques.


Modified Broyden’S Method For Accelerating Convergence In Self-Consistent Calculations, Duane D. Johnson Dec 1988

Modified Broyden’S Method For Accelerating Convergence In Self-Consistent Calculations, Duane D. Johnson

Duane D. Johnson

A modification to Broyden’s method for obtaining stable and computationally efficient convergence in self-consistent calculations is developed and discussed. The method incorporates the advantages of two schemes proposed by Srivastava and by Vanderbilt and Louie without any increase in complexity. Its improvement over their methods is discussed. The present method is compared with two other widely used convergence methods, simple mixing and Anderson’s method, for the case of the disordered binary alloy Ni0.35Fe0.65 on the verge of a magnetic instability and is shown to be much improved in stability and rate of convergence.


Slip, Twinning, And Fracture At A Grain Boundary In The L12 Ordered Structure—Aς = 9 Tilt Boundary, Alexander H. King, M. H. Yoo Oct 1988

Slip, Twinning, And Fracture At A Grain Boundary In The L12 Ordered Structure—Aς = 9 Tilt Boundary, Alexander H. King, M. H. Yoo

Alexander H. King

The role of interaction between slip dislocations and a Σ = 9 tilt boundary in localized microplastic deformation, cleavage, or intergranular fracture in the Li2 ordered structure has been analyzed by using the anisotropic elasticity theory of dislocations and fracture. Screw superpartials cross slip easily at the boundary onto the (1$\overline 1$1) and the (001) planes at low and high temperatures, respectively. Transmission of primary slip dislocations onto the conjugate slip system occurs with a certain degree of difficulty, which is eased by localized disordering. When the transmission is impeded, cleavage fracture on the ($\overline 1$11) plane is predicted to …