Many-body interactions and high-pressure equations of state in rare-gas solids

摘要

The T = О К equations of state (EOS) of rare-gas solids (RGS) (He, Ne, Ar. Kr. and Xe) are calculated in the experimentally studied ranges of pressures accounting for two- and three-body interatomic forces Solid-state corrections to the pure two-body Aziz et al potentials included the long-range Axihod-Teiler three-body interaction and short-range three-body exchange interaction. The energy-scale and length-scale parameters of the latter were taken as adjustable parameters of theory The calculated T =0K EOS for all RGS are in excellent agreement with experiment in the whole range of pressures. The calculated EOS for Ar, Kr, and Xe exhibit inflection points where the isothermal bulk moduli have non-ph) sical maxima indicating that account of only three-body forces becomes insufficient These points lie at pressures 250, 200. and 175 GPa (volume compressions of approximately 4.8, 4 1, and 3.6) foi Ar, Kr. and Xe, respectively No such points were found in the calculated EOS of He and Ne The relative magnitude of the three-body contribution to the ground-state energy with respect to the two-body one as a function of the volume compression was found to be non-monotonic in the ecquencc Ne-Ar-Kr-Xc, In a large range of compressions, Kr has the highest value of this ratio. This anonially high three-body exchange forces contributes to the EOS so laige negative pressure that the EOS foi Kr and Ar as a function of compression nearly coincide At compressions higher approximately 3 5, the curves intersect and further on the EOS of Kr lies lower than that of At.