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CaSiO $_3$超导体相变的预测及其对Lower Mantle结构的影响

Prediction of Phase Transition in CaSiO$_3$ Perovskite and Implications for Lower Mantle Structure

Lars Stixrude, Ronald E. Cohen, Rici Yu, Henry Krakauer

摘要:

利用第一性原理线性响应计算方法研究了下地幔中第三丰富的钙钛矿相CaSiO_3的晶格动力学。通常假设的立方结构(Pm 3m)被发现是动态不稳定的,在所有的压力下,沿布里渊区边缘从M点到R点表现出不稳定的模式。根据这些结果,我们预测钙钛矿型CaSiO_3的基态结构是一种畸变相,其对称性低于立方对称性。我们预测,下地幔钙钛矿CaSiO_3在高温下发生了从低温畸变相到立方相的相变。预测的相变提供了一个可能的解释的一些地震观测的反射功能内的下地幔。

英文摘要:

First principles linear response calculations are used to investigate the lattice dynamics of what is thought to be the third most abundant phase in the lower mantle, CaSiO_3 perovskite. The commonly assumed cubic structure (Pm3m) is found to be dynamically unstable at all pressures, exhibiting unstable modes along the Brillouin zone edge from the M-point to the R-point. Based on these results, we predict that the ground state structure of CaSiO_3 perovskite is a distorted phase with lower than cubic symmetry. We predict that a phase transition occurs in CaSiO_3 perovskite within the earth's lower mantle from the low temperature distorted phase to the cubic phase at high temperature. The predicted phase transition provides a possible explanation of some of the seismological observations of reflective features within the lower mantle.

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