Thermodynamics of the $\alpha$-$\gamma$ transition in cerium studied by an LDA + Gutzwiller method

Ming-Feng Tian, Hai-Feng Song, Hai-Feng Liu +3

The $\alpha$-$\gamma$ transition in cerium has been studied in both zero and finite temperature by Gutzwiller density functional theory. We find that the first order transition between $\alpha$ a…