DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Phases of the hydrogen isotopes under pressure: metallic hydrogen

Journal Article · · Advances in Physics: X
 [1];  [2]
  1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Lyman Lab. of Physics; Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and Mechanical Engineering

Hydrogen is the simplest molecule in nature. One of the key problems and challenges in condensed matter physics is to understand the phases, properties, and structure of hydrogen as a function of pressure and temperature. Over 80 years ago Wigner and Huntington predicted that if solid molecular hydrogen was sufficiently compressed, it would transform to an atomic metal. Later, a second pathway emerged; it was predicted that if heated to high temperatures under pressure it would transform to liquid atomic hydrogen; this form of metallic hydrogen makes up ~90% of the planet Jupiter. The prediction of high temperature superconductivity of solid atomic metallic hydrogen stimulated the experimental community to produce this material . For decades hydrogen defied the experimental efforts to transform it. Using diamond anvil cells, metallic hydrogen has recently been produced at a pressure of ~5 million atmospheres, significantly greater than the pressure at the center of the earth. Liquid atomic metallic hydrogen has been produced at temperatures of a few thousand degrees Kelvin in diamond anvil cells, as well as in dynamic experiments. We review the seemingly simple, but actually complex properties of this quantum solid and metal and the decades of development and progress to achieve this important fundamental result.

Research Organization:
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0003898; NA0003917; NA0004087
OSTI ID:
1850401
Journal Information:
Advances in Physics: X, Journal Name: Advances in Physics: X Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 6; ISSN 2374-6149
Publisher:
Taylor & FrancisCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (99)

A Spectroscopic Study of the Insulator–Metal Transition in Liquid Hydrogen and Deuterium journal November 2019
Rotational molecular motion in solid H2 and D2 under pressure journal January 1972
Roton softening in the solid hydrogens journal July 1981
Ab initio studies of superconductivity in monatomic metallic hydrogen under high pressure journal February 2011
Solid hydrogen at 342 GPa: no evidence for an alkali metal journal May 1998
High-pressure dielectric measurements of solid hydrogen to 170 GPa journal April 1991
Optical studies of solid hydrogen to 320 GPa and evidence for black hydrogen journal April 2002
A superconductor to superfluid phase transition in liquid metallic hydrogen journal October 2004
A quantum fluid of metallic hydrogen suggested by first-principles calculations journal October 2004
Neutron and X-ray diffraction study of the broken symmetry phase transition in solid deuterium journal June 2005
Conventional superconductivity at 203 kelvin at high pressures in the sulfur hydride system journal August 2015
Evidence for a new phase of dense hydrogen above 325 gigapascals journal January 2016
Quantum Monte Carlo study of the phase diagram of solid molecular hydrogen at extreme pressures journal July 2015
Conductive dense hydrogen journal November 2011
Raman spectroscopy of hot hydrogen above 200 GPa journal February 2015
Structure of phase III of solid hydrogen journal May 2007
Semimetallic molecular hydrogen at pressure above 350 GPa journal September 2019
Superconductivity at 250 K in lanthanum hydride under high pressures journal May 2019
Synchrotron infrared spectroscopic evidence of the probable transition to metal hydrogen journal January 2020
Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride journal October 2020
Phase boundary of hot dense fluid hydrogen journal November 2015
Study of pressure distributions in a megabar diamond indentor cell journal December 1988
The effect of a tapered aperture on x‐ray diffraction from a sample with a pressure gradient: Studies on three samples with a maximum pressure of 560 GPa journal October 1992
On the Possibility of a Metallic Modification of Hydrogen journal December 1935
Equation of state for fluid hydrogen‐isotopes H 2 , D 2 , and T 2 up to their freezing points at 300 K journal April 1983
Coupled electron-ion Monte Carlo simulation of hydrogen molecular crystals journal March 2018
Bonding changes in hot fluid hydrogen at megabar pressures journal March 2011
Evidence of a liquid-liquid phase transition in hot dense hydrogen journal April 2013
Liquid–liquid phase transition in hydrogen by coupled electron–ion Monte Carlo simulations journal April 2016
Conductivity and dissociation in liquid metallic hydrogen and implications for planetary interiors journal October 2017
Infrared study of hydrogen up to 310 GPa at room temperature journal June 2013
Toward an international practical pressure scale: A proposal for an IPPS ruby gauge (IPPS-Ruby2020) journal July 2020
Anharmonic enhancement of superconductivity in metallic molecular Cmca   −  4 hydrogen at high pressure: a first-principles study journal October 2016
Metallic hydrogen journal May 2018
Observed metallization of hydrogen interpreted as a band structure effect journal October 2020
Quantum Monte Carlo study of high pressure solid molecular hydrogen journal November 2013
Energy Gap Interpretation of Experiments on Infrared Transmission through Superconducting Films journal November 1956
Finite-element simulation of the liquid-liquid transition to metallic hydrogen journal October 2019
Quantum phase transition in solid hydrogen at high pressure journal November 2019
Thermodynamics of the insulator-metal transition in dense liquid deuterium journal March 2020
Phonon-mode specific contributions to room-temperature superconductivity in atomic hydrogen at high pressures journal March 2021
Raman scattering in oriented crystals of paradeuterium and orthohydrogen journal July 1975
Combined representation method for use in band-structure calculations: Application to highly compressed hydrogen journal July 1977
Density dependence of the intramolecular distance in solid H 2 : A. Spectroscopic determination journal May 1991
Optical absorption measurements of hydrogen at megabar pressures journal April 1991
High-temperature superconductivity in atomic metallic hydrogen journal October 2011
Density functional theory study of phase IV of solid hydrogen journal June 2012
Oxygen impurities reduce the metallization pressure of xenon journal July 2012
Hydrogen phase IV revisited via synchrotron infrared measurements in H 2 and D 2 up to 290 GPa at 296 K journal April 2013
Identification of high-pressure phases III and IV in hydrogen: Simulating Raman spectra using molecular dynamics journal May 2013
Benchmarking exchange-correlation functionals for hydrogen at high pressures using quantum Monte Carlo journal May 2014
Evidence of a first-order phase transition to metallic hydrogen journal April 2016
Anharmonic effects in atomic hydrogen: Superconductivity and lattice dynamical stability journal May 2016
Striking isotope effect on the metallization phase lines of liquid hydrogen and deuterium journal September 2018
Melting Line of Hydrogen at High Pressures journal April 2008
Ab Initio Description of High-Temperature Superconductivity in Dense Molecular Hydrogen journal June 2008
Mixed Molecular and Atomic Phase of Dense Hydrogen journal March 2012
Proton or Deuteron Transfer in Phase IV of Solid Hydrogen and Deuterium journal January 2013
High-Pressure Measurements of Hydrogen Phase IV Using Synchrotron Infrared Spectroscopy journal May 2013
Dissociation of High-Pressure Solid Molecular Hydrogen: A Quantum Monte Carlo and Anharmonic Vibrational Study journal April 2014
Molecular to Atomic Phase Transition in Hydrogen under High Pressure journal March 2015
New Phases and Dissociation-Recombination of Hydrogen Deuteride to 3.4 Mbar journal April 2016
Optical Properties of Fluid Hydrogen at the Transition to a Conducting State journal June 2016
Detecting Superconductivity in the High Pressure Hydrides and Metallic Hydrogen from Optical Properties journal July 2018
Evidence for Superconductivity above 260 K in Lanthanum Superhydride at Megabar Pressures journal January 2019
Exact-Exchange Crystal Hartree-Fock Calculations of Molecular and Metallic Hydrogen and Their Transitions journal March 1975
Observation of Electrical Conductivity of Isentropically Compressed Hydrogen at Megabar Pressures journal October 1978
Orientational Ordering in Solid Hydrogen: Dependence of Critical Temperature and Concentration on Density journal July 1979
Raman Measurements of Hydrogen in the Pressure Range 0.2-630 kbar at Room Temperature journal March 1980
New Low-Temperature Phase of Molecular Deuterium at Ultrahigh Pressure journal July 1981
Approaches for Reducing the Insulator-Metal Transition Pressure in Hydrogen journal April 1983
Phase Transition in Solid Molecular Hydrogen at Ultrahigh Pressures journal August 1988
Optical Evidence for the Metallization of Xenon at 132(5) GPa journal February 1989
Isotope effects in dense solid hydrogen: Phase transition in deuterium at 190±20 GPa journal September 1989
Evidence for a structural phase transition in solid hydrogen at megabar pressures journal November 1989
Infrared reflectance measurements of the insulator-metal transition in solid hydrogen journal July 1990
Absorption and reflectance in hydrogen up to 230 GPa: Implications for metallization journal January 1991
Megabar pressure triple point in solid deuterium journal May 1994
Metallization of Fluid Molecular Hydrogen at 140 GPa (1.4 Mbar) journal March 1996
Electrical Conductivity of Xenon at Megabar Pressures journal September 2000
Hydrogen Dominant Metallic Alloys: High Temperature Superconductors? journal May 2004
The solid molecular hydrogens in the condensed phase: Fundamentals and static properties journal April 1980
The properties of hydrogen and helium under extreme conditions journal November 2012
Optical Studies of Hydrogen Above 200 Gigapascals: Evidence for Metallization by Band Overlap journal June 1989
Evidence for Band Overlap Metallization of Hydrogen journal February 1990
Direct observation of an abrupt insulator-to-metal transition in dense liquid deuterium journal June 2015
Observation of the Wigner-Huntington transition to metallic hydrogen journal January 2017
Comment on “Observation of the Wigner-Huntington transition to metallic hydrogen” journal August 2017
Comment on “Observation of the Wigner-Huntington transition to metallic hydrogen” journal August 2017
Response to Comment on “Observation of the Wigner-Huntington transition to metallic hydrogen” journal August 2017
Insulator-metal transition in dense fluid deuterium journal August 2018
Comment on “Insulator-metal transition in dense fluid deuterium” journal March 2019
Response to Comment on “Insulator-metal transition in dense fluid deuterium” journal March 2019
Absence of metallization in solid molecular hydrogen journal July 2012
Critical temperature of metallic hydrogen at a pressure of 500 GPa journal October 2016
Metallic liquid hydrogen and likely Al2O3 metallic glass journal May 2011
THE INTERIORS OF GIANT PLANETS: Models and Outstanding Questions journal May 2005
Metal-Insulator Transitions book January 1990
High-Pressure Dielectric Catastrophe and the Possibility That the Hydrogen-A Phase Is Metallic journal April 1990

Similar Records

Metastable metallic hydrogen glass
Conference · 2001 · OSTI ID:15005772

Metallic hydrogen: Study of metastability
Journal Article · 2023 · APL Materials · OSTI ID:3224518

Candidate structure for the H2-PRE phase of solid hydrogen
Journal Article · 2021 · Physical Review B · OSTI ID:1837871