Phonon Quasi-Particles and Anharmonic Free Energy in Complex Systems

Abstract

We use a hybrid strategy to obtain anharmonic frequency shifts and lifetimes of phonon quasi-particles from first principles molecular dynamics simulations in modest size supercells. This approach is effective irrespective of crystal structure complexity and facilitates calculation of full anharmonic phonon dispersions, as long as phonon quasi-particles are well defined. We validate this approach to obtain anharmonic effects with calculations in MgSiO3-perovskite, the major Earth forming mineral phase. First, we reproduce irregular temperature induced frequency shifts of well characterized Raman modes. Second, we combine the phonon gas model (PGM) with quasi-particle frequencies and reproduce free energies obtained using thermodynamic integration. Combining thoroughly sampled quasi-particle dispersions with the PGM we then obtain first-principles anharmonic free energy in the thermodynamic limit (N right arrow infinity).

Accepted.Physical Review Letters (2014)

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