Equation of state of hexagonal closed packed iron under Earth’s core conditions from quantum Monte Carlo calculations
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E. Sola,1,2 J. P. Brodholt,1,2 and D. Alfè1,2,3,4 1Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom 2Materials Simulation Laboratory, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom 4London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, 17-19 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom Received 4 November 2008; revised manuscript received 11 December 2008; published 13 January 2009
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