The stochastic self-consistent harmonic approximation: calculating vibrational properties of materials with full quantum and anharmonic effects
dc.contributor.author | Monacelli, Lorenzo | |
dc.contributor.author | Bianco, Raffaello | |
dc.contributor.author | Cherubini, Marco | |
dc.contributor.author | Calandra, Matteo | |
dc.contributor.author | Errea Lope, Ion | |
dc.contributor.author | Mauri, Francesco | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-10T08:58:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-10T08:58:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-07-13 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33 : (2021) // Article ID 363001 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 1361-648X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/52805 | |
dc.description.abstract | [EN] The efficient and accurate calculation of how ionic quantum and thermal fluctuations impact the free energy of a crystal, its atomic structure, and phonon spectrum is one of the main challenges of solid state physics, especially when strong anharmonicy invalidates any perturbative approach. To tackle this problem, we present the implementation on a modular Python code of the stochastic self-consistent harmonic approximation (SSCHA) method. This technique rigorously describes the full thermodynamics of crystals accounting for nuclear quantum and thermal anharmonic fluctuations. The approach requires the evaluation of the Born–Oppenheimer energy, as well as its derivatives with respect to ionic positions (forces) and cell parameters (stress tensor) in supercells, which can be provided, for instance, by first principles density-functional-theory codes. The method performs crystal geometry relaxation on the quantum free energy landscape, optimizing the free energy with respect to all degrees of freedom of the crystal structure. It can be used to determine the phase diagram of any crystal at finite temperature. It enables the calculation of phase boundaries for both first-order and second-order phase transitions from the Hessian of the free energy. Finally, the code can also compute the anharmonic phonon spectra, including the phonon linewidths, as well as phonon spectral functions.We review the theoretical framework of the SSCHA and its dynamical extension, making particular emphasis on the physical inter pretation of the variables present in the theory that can enlighten the comparison with any other anharmonic theory. A modular and flexible Python environment is used for the implementation, which allows for a clean interaction with other packages.We briefly present a toy-model calculation to illustrate the potential of the code. Several applications of the method in superconducting hydrides, charge-density-wave materials, and thermoelectric compounds are also reviewed. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | RB and IE acknowledge funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant No. 802533).MC acknowledges support fromAgenceNationale de la Recherche (Grant No. ANR-19-CE24-0028). RB thanks L Paulatto for illuminating discussions. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | IOP Publishing Ltd | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/802533 | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ | * |
dc.subject | anharmonicity | es_ES |
dc.subject | stochastic self-consistent harmonic approximation | es_ES |
dc.subject | computational methods | es_ES |
dc.subject | ionic fluctuations | es_ES |
dc.subject | quantum effects | es_ES |
dc.subject | first-principles methods | es_ES |
dc.title | The stochastic self-consistent harmonic approximation: calculating vibrational properties of materials with full quantum and anharmonic effects | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work mustmaintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. (CC BY) | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | Atribución 3.0 España | * |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-648X/ac066b | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/1361-648X/ac066b | |
dc.contributor.funder | European Commission | |
dc.departamentoes | Física aplicada I | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Fisika aplikatua I | es_ES |
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