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The equation of state, structural behavior and phase stability of {alpha}-uranium have been investigated up to 1.3 TPa using density functional theory, adopting a simple description of electronic structure that neglects the spin-orbit coupling and strong electronic correlations. The comparison of the enthalpies of Cmcm (alpha-U), bcc, hcp, fcc, and bct predicts that the aplpha-U phase is stable up to a pressure of ~285 GPa, above which it transforms to a bct-U phase. The enthalpy differences between the bct and bcc phase decrease with pressure, but bcc is energetically unfavorable at least up to 1.3 TPa, the upper pressure limit of this study. The enthalpies of the close-packed hcp and fcc phases are 0.7 eV and 1.0 eV higher than that of the stable bct-U phase at a pressure of 1.3 TPa, supporting the wide stability field of the bcc phase. The equation of state, the lattice parameters and the anisotropic compression parameters are in good agreement with experiment up 100 GPa and previous theory. The elastic constants at the equilibrium volume of alpha-U confirm our bulk modulus. This suggests that our simplified description of electronic structure of uranium captures the relevant physics and may be used to describe bonding and other light actinides that show itinerant electronic behavior especially at high pressure.
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Continuing the photoemission study begun with the work of Opeil et al. [Phys. Rev. B textbf{73}, 165109 (2006)], in this paper we report results of an angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) study performed on a high-quality single-crystal $alpha$-uranium at 173 K. The absence of surface-reconstruction effects is verified using X-ray Laue and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) patterns. We compare the ARPES intensity map with first-principles band structure calculations using a generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and we find good correlations with the calculated dispersion of the electronic bands.
Electronic and magnetic properties of Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As, obtained from first-principles calculations employing the hybrid HSE06 functional, are presented for $x=6.25%$ and $12.5%$ under pressures ranging from 0 to 15 GPa. In agreement with photoemission experiments at ambient pressure, we find for $x=6.25%$ that non-hybridized Mn-3$d$ levels and Mn-induced states reside about 5 and 0.4 eV below the Fermi energy, respectively. For elevated pressures, the Mn-3$d$ levels, Mn-induced states, and the Fermi level shift towards higher energies, however, the position of the Mn-induced states relative to the Fermi energy remains constant due to hybridization of the Mn-3$d$ levels with the valence As-4$p$ orbitals. We also evaluate, employing Monte Carlo simulations, the Curie temperature ($T_{{rm C}}$). At zero pressure, we obtain $T_{{rm C}}=181$K, whereas the pressure-induced changes in $T_{{rm C}}$ are d$T_{{rm C}}$/d$p=+4.3$K/GPa for $x=12.5%$ and an estimated value of d$T_{{rm C}}$/d$papprox+2.2$K/GPa for $x=6.25%$ under pressures up to 6 GPa. The determined values of d$T_{{rm C}}$/d$p$ compare favorably with d$T_{{rm C}}$/d$p=+$(2-3) K/GPa at $pleq1.2$GPa found experimentally and estimated within the $p$-$d$ Zener model for Ga$_{0.93}$Mn$_{0.07}$As in the regime where hole localization effects are of minor importance [M. Gryglas-Borysiewicz $et$ $al$., Phys. Rev. B ${bf 82}$, 153204 (2010)].
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