Comment on “Insulator-metal transition in dense fluid deuterium”

Desjarlais, Michael P.; Knudson, Marcus D.; Redmer, Ronald

doi:10.1126/science.aaw0969

Title: Comment on “Insulator-metal transition in dense fluid deuterium”

Abstract

Celliers et al. (Reports, 17 August 2018, p. 677), in an attempt to reconcile differences in inferred metallization pressures, provide an alternative temperature analysis of the Knudson et al. experiments (Reports, 26 June 2015, p. 1455). We show here that this reanalysis implies an anomalously low specific heat for the metallic fluid that is clearly inconsistent with first-principles calculations.

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Desjarlais, Michael P. ^[1];

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Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Univ. of Rostock (Germany). Inst. of Physics

Publication Date:: Fri Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of Rostock (Germany)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); German Research Foundation (DFG)

OSTI Identifier:: 1507747

Report Number(s):: SAND2019-1252J
Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075; 672210

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003525; SFB 652; FOR 2440

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Science

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 363; Journal Issue: 6433; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075

Publisher:: AAAS

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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                    Desjarlais, Michael P., Knudson, Marcus D., and Redmer, Ronald. Comment on “Insulator-metal transition in dense fluid deuterium”.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Desjarlais, Michael P., Knudson, Marcus D., & Redmer, Ronald. Comment on “Insulator-metal transition in dense fluid deuterium”.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw0969

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                    Desjarlais, Michael P., Knudson, Marcus D., and Redmer, Ronald. Fri .  
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  title        = {Comment on “Insulator-metal transition in dense fluid deuterium”},

  author       = {Desjarlais, Michael P. and Knudson, Marcus D. and Redmer, Ronald},

  abstractNote = {Celliers et al. (Reports, 17 August 2018, p. 677), in an attempt to reconcile differences in inferred metallization pressures, provide an alternative temperature analysis of the Knudson et al. experiments (Reports, 26 June 2015, p. 1455). We show here that this reanalysis implies an anomalously low specific heat for the metallic fluid that is clearly inconsistent with first-principles calculations.},

  doi          = {10.1126/science.aaw0969},

  journal      = {Science},

  number       = 6433,

  volume       = 363,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Fri Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

}

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Insulator-metal transition in dense fluid deuterium
journal, August 2018

Celliers, Peter M.; Millot, Marius; Brygoo, Stephanie
Science, Vol. 361, Issue 6403
DOI: 10.1126/science.aat0970

Liquid–liquid phase transition in hydrogen by coupled electron–ion Monte Carlo simulations
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1603853113

Direct observation of an abrupt insulator-to-metal transition in dense liquid deuterium
journal, June 2015

Knudson, M. D.; Desjarlais, M. P.; Becker, A.
Science, Vol. 348, Issue 6242
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa7471

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