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An analytic model of the shear modulus at all densities and temperatures
L. Burakovsky, C. W. Greeff, D. L. Preston
An analytic model of the shear modulus applicable at temperatures up to melt and at all densities is presented. It is based in part on a relation between the melting temperature an…
An analytic model of the Gruneisen parameter at all densities
L. Burakovsky, D. L. Preston
We model the density dependence of the Gruneisen parameter as gamma(rho) = 1/2 + gamma_1/rho^{1/3} + gamma_2/rho^{q}, where gamma_1, gamma_2, and q>1 are constants. This form is ba…
Dislocation-Mediated Melting: The One-Component Plasma Limit
Leonid Burakovsky, Dean L. Preston
The melting parameter of a classical one-component plasma is estimated using a relation between melting temperature, density, shear modulus, and crystal coordination number t…
Analysis of Dislocation Mechanism for Melting of Elements: Pressure Dependence
Leonid Burakovsky, Dean L. Preston, Richard R. Silbar
In the framework of melting as a dislocation-mediated phase transition we derive an equation for the pressure dependence of the melting temperatures of the elements valid up to pre…
On the Bragg, Leibfried, and Modified Leibfried Numbers
Leonid Burakovsky, Dean L. Preston, Richard R. Silbar
The Bragg, Leibfried, and modified Leibfried numbers are defined in the context of a theory of dislocation-mediated melting, and their values are determined from the properties of…
Melting as a String-Mediated Phase Transition
Leonid Burakovsky, Dean L. Preston, Richard R. Silbar
We present a theory of the melting of elemental solids as a dislocation-mediated phase transition. We model dislocations near melt as non-interacting closed strings on a lattice. I…