Electronic and structural properties of superconducting diborides and calcium disilicide in the $\mathrm{Al}{\mathrm{B}}_2$ structure

G. Satta, G. Profeta, F. Bernardini +2

We report a detailed study of the electronic and structural properties of the 39K superconductor \mgbtwo and of several related systems of the same family, namely \mgalbtwo, \bebtw…