Relevance of Kondo physics for the temperature dependence of the bulk modulus in plutonium

Janoschek, Marc; Lander, Gerry; Lawrence, Jon M.; Bauer, E. D.; Lashley, Jason C.; Lumsden, Mark; Abernathy, Douglas L.; Thompson, J. D.

doi:10.1073/pnas.1618967114

Title: Relevance of Kondo physics for the temperature dependence of the bulk modulus in plutonium

Abstract

The recent PNAS paper by Migliori et al. (1) attempts to explain the unusually strong temperature dependence of the bulk modulus of fcc plutonium (δ-Pu) by use of the disordered local moment (DLM) model. It is our opinion that this approach does not correctly incorporate the dynamic magnetism of δ-Pu. We provide the following note as commentary.

Authors:

Janoschek, Marc ^[1]; Lander, Gerry ^[2]; Lawrence, Jon M. ^[1]; Bauer, E. D. ^[1]; Lashley, Jason C. ^[1]; Lumsden, Mark ^[3]; Abernathy, Douglas L. ^[3]; Thompson, J. D. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545,
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany,
Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6475

Publication Date:: Tue Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1338851

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1341575

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52- 06NA25396; AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 114 Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

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                    Janoschek, Marc, Lander, Gerry, Lawrence, Jon M., Bauer, E. D., Lashley, Jason C., Lumsden, Mark, Abernathy, Douglas L., and Thompson, J. D. Relevance of Kondo physics for the temperature dependence of the bulk modulus in plutonium.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Janoschek, Marc, Lander, Gerry, Lawrence, Jon M., Bauer, E. D., Lashley, Jason C., Lumsden, Mark, Abernathy, Douglas L., & Thompson, J. D. Relevance of Kondo physics for the temperature dependence of the bulk modulus in plutonium.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1618967114

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                    Janoschek, Marc, Lander, Gerry, Lawrence, Jon M., Bauer, E. D., Lashley, Jason C., Lumsden, Mark, Abernathy, Douglas L., and Thompson, J. D. Tue .  
"Relevance of Kondo physics for the temperature dependence of the bulk modulus in plutonium".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1618967114.

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  title        = {Relevance of Kondo physics for the temperature dependence of the bulk modulus in plutonium},

  author       = {Janoschek, Marc and Lander, Gerry and Lawrence, Jon M. and Bauer, E. D. and Lashley, Jason C. and Lumsden, Mark and Abernathy, Douglas L. and Thompson, J. D.},

  abstractNote = {The recent PNAS paper by Migliori et al. (1) attempts to explain the unusually strong temperature dependence of the bulk modulus of fcc plutonium (δ-Pu) by use of the disordered local moment (DLM) model. It is our opinion that this approach does not correctly incorporate the dynamic magnetism of δ-Pu. We provide the following note as commentary.},

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  journal      = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},

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  volume       = 114,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2017},

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