Giant anharmonicity suppresses superconductivity in AlH3 under pressure
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Bruno Rousseau1,2,* and Aitor Bergara1,2,3,† 1Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal, Donostia, 20018 Basque Country, Spain 2Centro de Fisica de Materiales, CSIC-UPV/EHU, 1072 Posta kutxatila, Donostia, E-20080 Basque Country, Spain 3Materia Kondentsatuaren Fisika Saila, Zientzia eta Teknologia Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 644 Postakutxatila, Bilbo, 48080 Basque Country, Spain Received 28 June 2010; published 7 September 2010
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