| Publication Type |
dissertation |
| School or College |
College of Science |
| Department |
Physics & Astronomy |
| Author |
Richards, Anne marie Schaeffer |
| Title |
Superconducting, structural, and magnetic properties of lithium and lithium-rich compounds |
| Date |
2016 |
| Description |
Lithium is generally considered to be a simple metal, given its simple electronic structure with one valence electron. It is considered to follow a nearly free electron model and have a nearly spherical Fermi surface. However, away from ambient conditions, the behavior of lithium become much less simple. Under high pressures, lithium undergoes a series of symmetry-breaking phase transitions, even a metal to insulator transition; at low temperatures, lithium also undergoes a temperature-driven martensitic transformation. In this work, these deviations from simple models in lithium are investigated, both at ambient pressure and under high pressures, from the relative high temperature phenomenon of melting to low temperature measurements of superconductivity. |
| Type |
Text |
| Publisher |
University of Utah |
| Subject |
isotope effect; lithium; phase diagram; quantum solid; superconductivity; symmetry-breaking |
| Dissertation Name |
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights Management |
©Anne Marie Schaeffer Richards |
| Format Medium |
application/pdf |
| Format Extent |
26,462 bytes |
| Identifier |
etd3/id/4100 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6bk4mnz |
| Setname |
ir_etd |
| ID |
197650 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bk4mnz |
