Crystal structure prediction for iron as inner core material in heavy terrestrial planets

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Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011e%26psl.312..237c&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 312, Issue 1, p. 237-242.

Computer Science

Inner Core, Terrestrial Exoplanets, Iron, Crystal Structure Prediction, Quantum Mechanics, Density Functional Theory

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The relative stability of different crystal structures for pure Fe under applied pressure is calculated from quantum mechanics, using the highly accurate APW + lo method. In the pressure range of 0-100 TPa, we corroborate the prediction that iron adopts subsequently the bcc, hcp, fcc, hcp and bcc structures. In contrast to previous studies, we identify a family of stacking fault structures that are competing with the ground state structure at all pressures. Implications for the properties of the inner core of the Earth and heavy terrestrial exoplanets are discussed.

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